A new clip from the recent documentary, Mysore yoga Traditions.
See my earlier review perhaps of the recent documentary
Mysore yoga Traditions
Trailer at the end of the post.
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Preserving palm leaf manuscripts.
Stills below from the clip.
below, from an earlier post.
'...the Yoga Korunta, which was written on palm leaves'
'The method of Yoga taught at KPJAYI is that which has been told by the ancient Sage Vamana in his text called “Yoga Korunta.” Although many books on Yoga have been written, Vamana is the only one who has delineated a complete practical method. In the 1920’s, the Yogi and Sanskrit Scholar, T. Krishnamacharya traveled to Calcutta where he transcribed and recorded the Yoga Korunta, which was written on palm leaves and was in a bad state of decay, having been partially eaten by ants. Later, Krishnamacharya passed on these teachings to the late Pattabhi Jois, whose school continues to teach this method today'.
I've often wondered what a palm leaf manuscript looked like, well here they are
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I'm as sceptical as the next guy about the Yoga Korunta and had pretty much decided it was a myth, a real myth not a well presented argument (whether you agree with it or not) dismissed as a myth.
However, though there is no mention of it in Krishnamacharya's Yoga Makarnada, I noticed this in the book credits in the first Introduction of Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu
Introduction
I did not attempt a detailed review of all ancient yoga treatises since it will make this book very long and perhaps cause boredom to the readers. Please forgive. This writing is mainly based on the following texts:
Patanjalayogasutra
Hathayogapradipika
Rajayogaratnakara
Yogakuranti
Upanishads related to yoga
Learning’s from my Guru and self-experience
Certainly not looking to revisit the old Yoga Korunta discussion, not too bothered these days whether it did or did not exist, mainly wanted to show some pictures of palm leave manuscripts.
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See my earlier review perhaps of the recent documentary
Mysore yoga Traditions
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| https://www.mysoreyogatraditions.com/ |