Dear Dominic,
I do not have any idea of the relative date ascribed to the Yoga-yaajña-valkya where the terms are used (6.24-25), but there is also the BhaagavataPuraa.na 3.28.9,
and also the Ii/svaragiitaa of the KuurmaPuraa.na (XI.36 transl. Dumont 1933: 142-3):
recaka.h puuraka/s caiva praa.naayaamo 'tha kumbhaka.h /
procyate sarva/saastre.su yogibhir yatamaanasai.h //
(nothing seen in the paa/supatayoga of the VaaP 10.73 sq. // MaarkP ch. 39 Bibl. Ind., mainly on maatraas in the praa.naayaama)
See also the later Ii/saana/sivagurudevapaddhati (IV - Yogapaada, pa.tala 2, v. 42 sq. = TSS vol. 4 p. 625),
and the JaiSa (unpublished) adh. 51 (or 52) v. 35:
recapuurakakumbhaadinyaayenaabhyasata.h /sanai.h /
a/se.sapaapak.sayak.rt praa.naayaamo dinedine //
Best,
Christophe
Dear list,
I hope you won't mind a another terminological discussion related to yoga !
Is it known when the terminology of recaka, p•raka/p•ra?a, kumbhaka first started to be used for prÇ?ÇyÇma ?
It seems that the Yogas•tra (2.49) and YogabhÇ?ya speak rather of ÊvÇsa and praÊvÇsa (in 2.49).
In the tradition of commentaries on the s•tras perhaps it is the YogabhÇ?yavivara?a which first uses the recaka-p•raka-kumbhaka terminology ?
Kau??inya's PañcÇrthabhÇ?ya (on PÇÊupata 1.16) refers to recaka and p•ra?a. Are there other attestations likely to be earlier than the YogabhÇ?yavivara?a ?
Dominic Goodall
École française d'Extrême-Orient,
Pondicherry
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