Dear Kenneth,

See also:

verse 10 of the amṛtanādopaniṣat with commentary of Brahmayogin in the Muktabodha Digital Library.

https://etexts.muktabodha.org/DL_CATALOG_USER_INTERFACE/dl_user_interface_create_utf8_text.php?hk_file_url=..%2FTEXTS%2FETEXTS%2FamrtanaadopanisatHK.txt&miri_catalog_number=M00104

Also in the Muktabodha Digital Library, if you look at the Yogasārasaṁgraha by Vaktraśambhu , its attributed to yājñavalkya . There are page numbers in this e-text. The attribution is on page 25.

https://etexts.muktabodha.org/DL_CATALOG_USER_INTERFACE/dl_user_interface_create_utf8_text.php?hk_file_url=..%2FTEXTS%2FETEXTS%2FyogasarasamgrahaHK.txt&miri_catalog_number=M00213

Harry Spier

On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 8:31 AM Kenneth Gregory Zysk via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

I was wondering if those specialists in yoga on the list might know the origin of this definition of prāṇāyāma found in Bhaṭṭotpala’s commentary to Bṛhatsaṃhitā 95/97.62 in connection with the practice of warding off the effects of bad omens:

savyāhṛtiṃ sapraṇavāṃ gāyatrīśirasā saha/

triḥ paṭhed āyataprāṇaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa ucyate//

Many thanks in advance,
Best,
Ken

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