NOTE 06/10/2016: The translation of Krishnamacharya's second book Yogasanagalu (Mysore 1941 - 3rd edition with additional chapter 1972) is now complete and can be downloaded for personal study from here.
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| First draft available for free download for personal study from here http://tinyurl.com/z9jy7cp |
My sincerest gratitude to Satya for doing all the hard work of translating, to Sraddha for sending me the original text back in 2010 and to Quique for formatting the asana table.
"The Maharaja of our Karnataka state, his highness Sri Krishna Rajendra, an enthusiastic yoga advocate having practiced this Patanjala ashtanga yoga for many years under his guru (Krishnamacharya) and now wishing that his subjects also benefit from this practice has generously... ordered the publication and PROPAGATION (my capitals) of “Yogamakaranda”, “Yogasanagalu” and “Yoganjali” volumes in Kannada." from the introduction Yogasanagalu.
My understanding that just as with Yoga Makaranda, Yogasanagalu was distributed to schools.
My understanding that just as with Yoga Makaranda, Yogasanagalu was distributed to schools.
other resources
My own books
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Krishnamcharya's Practice Guidelines. practice notes from Yoga Makaranda parts I and II, Yogasanagalu pdf and the Questions to Krishnamacharya from his students.
re the photos from Yoga Makaranda
T.K.V. Desikachara - KYM Darsinam 1993
"T. Krishnamacharya returned to Mysore, permanently, in 1924 after finishing his
studies in the'North. During this time he had also spent seven and a half years
in Tibet by the Manasarovar, where he underwent yoga sadhana under the guru
Rama Mohana Brahmachri. The then Maharaja of Mysore Nalvadi Krishnaraja Odayar,
who was seriously ill, requested T. Krishnamacharya to treat him. Through
yoga, proper diet and herbs the king recovered and became very healthy. He was so
impressed, he asked T. Krishnamacharya to teach every member of the palace. He
also offered a place in the Jagan Mohan Palace so that the public could benefit from
his knowledge of yoga. As there were, then, no books on yoga, the king requested
his teacher to write a series of books on the subject. According to my mother, the
first book, 'Yoga Makaranda' was completed in seven days with my father working
on it day and night. The king arranged for the photographs and the book was printed
by the palace in 1934 and distributed free of cost. Soon it was translated to Tamil
and some North Indian Languages".
"The owner of the copyright in the photograph is the photographer – the person who creates it,[15]"
Note: If copyright exists for the photographs of Yoga Makaranda, they remain with the photographer or the photographer's family (even though the photos were arranged for by the Maharaja) unless the photographer signed rights over to the palace publishers. Copyright does not belong to the Krishnamacharya family. However much a photograph may be processed copyright remains with the original photographer.
If the original photographer of the the Yoga Makaranda photos, or the family member to whom copyright was transferred were ever to come forward and claim copyright and request me to remove photos I have shared on this blog and elsewhere I would happily do so.
UPDATE
In my two recent posts
and
I added a number of links to some free downloads
A free pdf version of Hatha Yoga Pradipka HERE
A free pdf version of Gheranda Samhita HERE
Sutra Samhita
Aparokahanubhuti (self realization by Adi Sankara)
Yoga Sutras
Also Swamiji's online edition, an excellent resource HERE
Aparokahanubhuti (self realization by Adi Sankara)
Yoga Sutras
Also Swamiji's online edition, an excellent resource HERE
Yogapanishad
see below
Thirty Minor Upanishads
tr. by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar
[1914]
below a link to the respected Annie Besant edition
1. Main texts by Krishnamacharya
Yoga Makaranda (Mysore 1934)pdf
Selections from chapter 1
Selections from chapter 2
Selections from chapter 3
Selections from chapter 4
2. Complete list of Books/texts by T. Krishnamacharya:
from http://krishnamacharya.net/works
unfortunately most of the articles mentioned have not been released
Yoga Makaranda (Mysore 1934)pdf
Yogavalli
Other works (essays and poetic compositions):
“Disciplines of Yoga”
“Effect of Yoga Practice”
“Importance of Food and Yoga in Maintaining Health”
“Verses on Methods of Yoga Practice”
“Essay on Asana and Pranayama”
“Madhumeha (Diabetes)”
“Why Yoga as a Therapy Is Not Rising”
“Bhagavad Gita as a Health Science”
“Ayurveda and Yoga: An Introduction”
“Questions and Answers on Yoga” (with students in July 1973)
“Yoga: The Best Way to Remove Laziness”
“Dhyana (Meditation) in Verses”
“What Is a Sutra?”
“Kundalini: Essay on What Kundalini Is and Kundalini Arousal (sakti calana) Based on Texts Like the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, and Yoga Yajnavalkya”
“Extracts from Raja Yoga Ratnakara”
“Need for a Teacher”
“Satvika Marga” (“The Sattvic Way”; philosophy/spiritual/yoga)
“Reference in Vedas to Support Vedic Chanting for Women” (philosophy/technical)
“Fourteen Important Dharmas” (philosophy)
“Cit Acit Tatva Mimamsa” (philosophy)
“Sandhya-saaram” (ritual)
“Catushloki” (four verses on Sankaracharya)
“Kumbhakonam Address” (catalog)
“Sixteen Samskaras” (rituals)
“Mantra Padartha Tatva Nirnaya” (rituals)
“Ahnika Bhaskaram” (rituals)
“Shastreeya Yajnam” (rituals)
“Vivaaha” (marriage rituals)
“Asparsha Pariharam” (rituals)
“Videsavaasi Upakarma Nirnaya” (rituals)
“Sudarshana Dundubhi” (devotional)
“Bhagavat Prasadam” (devotional)
“Narayana Paratva” (devotional)
“About Madras” (miscellaneous)
3. Bibliography from from Yogasanagaly
T. Krishnamacharya (Mysore 1941)
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:
Yogakuranti (Yoga Korunta- lost?).
Learning’s from my Guru and self-experience
4. Bibliography from from Yoga Makaranda
T. Krishnamacharya (Mysore 1934)
"This text contains the essential concepts from many texts of antiquity listed below.
I have studied the texts listed below under the blessing of a great teacher and have explained the truths contained in them that I have personally experienced. I request that the Lord of the auspicious Karnataka throne, the great Lord and Emperor, the fourth Sri Krishna Rajendra, accept this work and allow my
humble self to fulfil my endeavor and bless me.
More than this, I have nothing to say in this preface.
Bibliography
1. Rajayoga Ratnakaram pdf (in Telugu)
2. Hathayoga Pradipika pdf
3. Yoga Saravalli pdf
4. Yoga Balaprathipikai (?)
5. Ravana Nadi (Article)
6. Bhairava Kalpam pdf
7. Sri Tattvanidhi (wikipedia- see also Normon Sjoman's Yoga tradition of the Mysore palace)
8. Yoga Ratnakarandam (?)
9. Mano Narayaneeyam Pdf
10. Rudrayameelam (Rudrayamalam) PDF
11. Brahmayameelam Pdf
12. Atharvana Rahasyam (?)
13. Patanjala Yogadarshanam (0nline)
14. Kapilasutram
15. Yogayajnavalkyam
16. Gheranda Samhita pdf
18. Satvata Samhita
19. Siva Samhita pdf
20. Dhyana Bindu Upanishad pdf
21. Chandilya Upanishad pdf
22. Yoga Shika Upanishad
23. Yoga Kundalya Upanishad pdf
25. Nada Bindu Upanishad pdf
26. Amrita Bindu Upanishad pdf
27. Garbha Upanishad pdf
5. A course of study with Krishnamacharya
from My studies with Krishnamacharya - Srivatsa Ramaswami (Namarupa article)
Ramaswami studied with Krishnamacharya for over thirty years, in this article he relates his studies of asana, chanting as well as some of the many he texts he studied with his teacher
"Normally, I had two to three sessions per week, but there were occasions when I had the privilege of going to him twice a day, for ásana practice in the morning and for chanting or the study of texts in the evening".
Some texts Ramaswami studied with Krishnamacharya
BrahmaSutras PDF
Sad-Vidyá (?)Chándogya Upanishad pdf
Prasna Upanishad pdf
Bhagavad Gitá, pdf
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali (Online ) was the centrepiece of our yoga studies.
Another philosophy he was keen to teach was Nyáya and the later version, Tarka. He started teaching..
TarkaSamgraha, pdf a compact text on Vedic logic.
Hathayogapradipika pdf in detail, except portions of the last chapter and some of the third, which he said contained obnoxious practices inconsistent with the teachings of sáttvika yoga and the Yoga Sâtras.
Yogayajnavalkyam pdf in detail.
Some of the other texts that he referred to and taught in portions included
Gheranda Samhita pdf
Siva Samhita. pdf
Yoga Rahasya (Amazon) was not published, but he frequently quoted from the text and after a while taught a few chapters from it.
Ramaswami also mentions elsewhere that Krishnamacharya would teach the Ramayana extensively.
APPENDIX
My Krishnamacharya's Original Ashtanga Yoga Book is based on the tamil edition translation Yoga Makaranda by Sri T. Krishnamacharya (Written in Kannada)
Kannada Edition 1934 Madurai C.M.V. Press Tamil Edition
Given the respect and gratitude I feel for integrity of the original translators of Yoga Makaranda, should they make the request, I would be more than happy to remove the print edition if they were to feel it is not beneficial, as well as discuss removing the free pdf edition.
The book is an attempt to make Krishnamacharya's approach to asana presented in the book more accessible (especially to the Jois Ashtanga Vinyasa community) but NEVER intended as a substitute for the original.
My book continues to be available, free (always) to download, at my Free Downloads page (link below). As is the original along with Yoga Makaranda part II, our translation of Krishnamacharya's yogasanagalu, my earlier Vinyasa krama book and other resources.
Free Downloads
http://grimmly2007.blogspot.jp/p/free-downloads.html
From first publishing the print edition I have included a 50% price reduction to bring the book virtually down to cost price, it's made available for those who still prefer books in Print.
Amazon do not allow me to discount the book and some buy the text from Lulu at the reduced price and sell it at the list price or higher via ebay. When kindly sharing links to the book may i request that you remind readers that it is half the price from LuLu and always free to download from my blog.
12 comments:
Thanks for sharing all this Anthony!
muchas gracias de santiago de chile!
thank you from Paris !!!
yeah, man, thank you for sharing all of this ~
I noticed the Tamil Book on the Images, Where I can find the whole Tamil book pls?Thanks
I really don't know where you can find the original Tamil version Anon, never seen it on line, sorry. Perhaps if you do an internet search in Tamil, good luck
gracias por compartir!!
thanks your posts and your offer are precious
thanks for sharing!
Thank you very warmly indeed from Germany. Your effort is much appreciated!
could you provide the original kannada editions of all?
I only have Yogasanagalu in kanada. There are links above to several versions this is the smallest file size https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7JXC_g3qGlWVmFEYXd5YWNfUWs/view
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