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data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorakhnath" title="Gorakhnath – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Gorakhnath" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goraksha" title="Goraksha – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Goraksha" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorakhnath" title="Gorakhnath – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gorakhnath" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" 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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Statue of Gorakhnath performing yogic <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lotus_position" title="Lotus position">lotus position</a> at Laxmangarh temple, India</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #FFC569; color: #000000;">Personal</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sect</th><td class="infobox-data category"><i><a href="/wiki/Nath_Sampradaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Nath Sampradaya">Nath Sampradaya</a></i> (sect of <a href="/wiki/Shaivism" title="Shaivism">Shaivism</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuy_L._Beck1995102–103_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuy_L._Beck1995102–103-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nath Yogi organisation, Guru, Gorakhpur</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #FFC569; color: #000000;">Organization</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder of</th><td class="infobox-data">Nath monasteries and temples</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Philosophy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #FFC569; color: #000000;">Religious career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Guru</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Matsyendranath" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsyendranath">Matsyendranath</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Honors</th><td class="infobox-data">Mahayogi</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gorakhnath</b> (also known as <b>Goraksanath</b> (Sanskrit: <i><b>Gorakṣanātha</b></i>),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> c. early 11th century) was a <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> <a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">yogi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahasiddha" title="Mahasiddha">mahasiddha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saint</a> who was the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Nath" class="mw-redirect" title="Nath">Nath</a> Hindu monastic movement in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938228_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938228-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is considered one of the two disciples of <a href="/wiki/Matsyendranath" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsyendranath">Matsyendranath</a>. His followers are known as <a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">Jogi</a>, <i>Gorakhnathi</i>, <i>Darshani</i> or <i>Kanphata</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs19381_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs19381-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was one of nine saints, or <a href="/wiki/Navnath" class="mw-redirect" title="Navnath">Navnath</a>, and is known in Maharashtra, India.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938228–250_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938228–250-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hagiography" title="Hagiography">Hagiographies</a> describe him to be a person outside the laws of time who appeared on earth during different ages.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938249_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938249-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historians agree that Gorakhnath lived sometime during the first half of the 2nd millennium CE, but there is some disagreement about which century he lived. Estimates based on archaeological and textual evidence range from Briggs' estimate of the 11th to 12th century<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938249_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938249-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Grierson's estimate of the 14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938228–230_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938228–230-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gorakhnath is considered a <i>Maha-yogi</i> (or "great yogi") in Hindu tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea198323–25_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea198323–25-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not emphasise a specific metaphysical theory or a particular <a href="/wiki/Truth_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Truth in Hinduism">Truth</a>, but emphasised that the search for Truth and the spiritual life is a valuable and normal goal of man.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea198323–25_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea198323–25-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gorakhnath championed <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a>, spiritual discipline and an ethical life of <a href="/wiki/Self-determination" title="Self-determination">self-determination</a> as a means to reaching <a href="/wiki/Samadhi" title="Samadhi">samadhi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea198323–25_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea198323–25-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gorakhnath, his ideas, and his yogis have been popular in rural India, with monasteries and temples dedicated to him found in many states of India, particularly in the eponymous city of <a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur" title="Gorakhpur">Gorakhpur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-whitesiddhayogi7_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitesiddhayogi7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lorenzenmunozx_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lorenzenmunozx-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historian_accounts">Historian accounts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historian accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guru_Nanak_in-discussion_with_Gorakhnath,_painting_from_an_1830%27s_Janamsakhi_(life_stories)_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Guru_Nanak_in-discussion_with_Gorakhnath%2C_painting_from_an_1830%27s_Janamsakhi_%28life_stories%29_02.jpg/220px-Guru_Nanak_in-discussion_with_Gorakhnath%2C_painting_from_an_1830%27s_Janamsakhi_%28life_stories%29_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Guru_Nanak_in-discussion_with_Gorakhnath%2C_painting_from_an_1830%27s_Janamsakhi_%28life_stories%29_02.jpg/330px-Guru_Nanak_in-discussion_with_Gorakhnath%2C_painting_from_an_1830%27s_Janamsakhi_%28life_stories%29_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Guru_Nanak_in-discussion_with_Gorakhnath%2C_painting_from_an_1830%27s_Janamsakhi_%28life_stories%29_02.jpg/440px-Guru_Nanak_in-discussion_with_Gorakhnath%2C_painting_from_an_1830%27s_Janamsakhi_%28life_stories%29_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1300" /></a><figcaption>Painting from an 1830's Janamsakhi series depicting a meeting and discussion between Gorakhnath (wearing orange) and Guru Nanak (wearing green).</figcaption></figure> <p>Historians disagree on when Gorakhnath lived. Briggs estimates 11th to 12th century,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938249_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938249-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Abbott argues that <a href="/wiki/Fariduddin_Ganjshakar" class="mw-redirect" title="Fariduddin Ganjshakar">Baba Farid</a> documents and <a href="/wiki/Dnyaneshwari" title="Dnyaneshwari">Jnanesvari</a> manuscripts place Gorakhnath in the 13th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938230,_242–243_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938230,_242–243-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grierson, relying on evidence discovered in Gujarat, suggests the 14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938230,_242–243_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938230,_242–243-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gorakhnath is referenced in the poetry of <a href="/wiki/Kabir" title="Kabir">Kabir</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Guru_Nanak" title="Guru Nanak">Guru Nanak</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a>, which describe him as a very powerful leader with a large following.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938236–242_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938236–242-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historical texts imply that Gorakhnath was a <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> in a region influenced by Shaivism, but then converted to Hinduism, championing <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938229,_233–235_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938229,_233–235-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gorakhnath led a life as an exponent of ideas of Kumarila and <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a> that championed the Yogic and <a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita Vedanta</a> interpretation of the Upanishads.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea1983xli,_303–307_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea1983xli,_303–307-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gorakhnath considered the controversy between <a href="/wiki/Dualistic_cosmology#Theistic_dualism" class="mw-redirect" title="Dualistic cosmology">dualism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nonduality_(spirituality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonduality (spirituality)">nondualism</a> in medieval India as useless from a practical point of view. According to Banerjea, He emphasised that the choice is that of the yogi, and that spiritual discipline and practice by either path leads to "perfectly illumined samadhi state of the individual phenomenal consciousness.".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea1983xli,_307–312_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea1983xli,_307–312-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hagiographic_accounts">Hagiographic accounts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hagiographic accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Hagiography" title="Hagiography">hagiography</a> on Gorakhnath describe his appearance on earth several times.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938249_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938249-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legends do not provide a birth time or place, and consider him to be superhuman.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938229_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938229-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> North Indian hagiographies suggest he originated from northwest India (<a href="/wiki/Punjab_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab region">Punjab</a>, with some mentioning <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938229_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938229-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other hagiographies in <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> suggest he originated from eastern region of India (<a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938229_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938229-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Available hagiographies offer varying records of the spiritual descent of Gorakhnath. All name <a href="/wiki/Adi_Nath" class="mw-redirect" title="Adi Nath">Adinath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matsyendranath" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsyendranath">Matsyendranath</a> as two teachers preceding him, though one account lists five <a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">gurus</a> preceding Adinath, and another lists six teachers between Matsyendranath and Gorakhnath. Current tradition has Adinath placed with <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> as the direct teacher of <a href="/wiki/Matsyendranath" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsyendranath">Matsyendranath</a>, who was himself the direct teacher of Gorakhnath.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938229–231_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938229–231-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nath_Sampradaya">Nath Sampradaya</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Nath Sampradaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hindi_Manuscript_884_Wellcome_L0024562.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Hindi_Manuscript_884_Wellcome_L0024562.jpg/220px-Hindi_Manuscript_884_Wellcome_L0024562.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Hindi_Manuscript_884_Wellcome_L0024562.jpg/330px-Hindi_Manuscript_884_Wellcome_L0024562.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Hindi_Manuscript_884_Wellcome_L0024562.jpg/440px-Hindi_Manuscript_884_Wellcome_L0024562.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4990" data-file-height="3746" /></a><figcaption>Illustrated manuscript depiction of Gorakhnath with <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Nath" class="mw-redirect" title="Nath">Nath tradition</a> states that it existed before Gorakhnath, but the movement's expansion happened under the guidance and inspiration of Gorakhnath. He produced a number of writings and even today is considered<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (December 2023)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> the greatest of the <a href="/wiki/Nath" class="mw-redirect" title="Nath">Naths</a>. It has been purported<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="Who says this? (December 2023)">weasel words</span></a></i>]</sup> that Gorakhnath wrote the first books on <a href="/wiki/Laya_yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Laya yoga">Laya yoga</a>. In India there are many caves, many with temples built over them, where it is said that Gorakhnath spent time in meditation. According to <a href="/wiki/Bhagawan_Nityananda" title="Bhagawan Nityananda">Bhagawan Nityananda</a>, the samadhi shrine (tomb) of Gorakhnath is at Nath Mandir near the <a href="/wiki/Vajreshwari_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Vajreshwari temple">Vajreshwari temple</a> about one kilometre from Ganeshpuri, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Legends state that Gorakhnath and Matsyendranath did penance in Kadri Temple at Mangalore, Karnataka. They were also instrumental in laying Shivlingam at Kadri and Dharmasthala. </p><p>The temple of <i>Gorakhnath</i> is situated on hill called Garbhagiri near Vambori, Tal Rahuri; Dist Ahmednagar. There is also a temple of Gorakhnath in the state of Odisha. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gorakhnath_Math">Gorakhnath Math</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gorakhnath Math"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gorakhnath_mandir.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Gorakhnath_mandir.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="160" /></a><figcaption>Gorakhnath mandir in Gorakhpur, India</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gorakhnath_Math" title="Gorakhnath Math">Gorakhnath Math</a> is a monastery of the Nath monastic group named after the medieval saint, Gorakhnath (c. 11th century), of the Nath sampradaya. The math and town of <a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur" title="Gorakhpur">Gorakhpur</a> in Uttar Pradesh is named after him. The monastery and the temple perform various cultural and social activities and serve as the cultural hub of the city. The monastery also publishes texts on the philosophy of Gorakhnath.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea1983[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_August_2020]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(August_2020)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea1983[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_August_2020]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(August_2020)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A shrine existed at the site from older times which was converted into a mosque by Ala-ud-din Khilji.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBriggs1938-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A smaller shrine was built by Nath Sampraday's followers at a later time. Later additions were made in 18th, 19th and 20th century by devotees and yogis of the order. The math is situated in a Muslim majority area and is a centre of syncretism among devotees and visitors from diverse communal background.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence">Influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hatha_yoga"><i>Hatha yoga</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hatha yoga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some scholars associate the origins of <a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Nath" class="mw-redirect" title="Nath">Nath</a> yogis, in particular Gorakhnath and his guru <a href="/wiki/Matsyendranath" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsyendranath">Matsyendranath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mallinsongnyogi_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mallinsongnyogi-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008140_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008140-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to British <a href="/wiki/Indology" title="Indology">indologist</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Mallinson_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mallinson (author)">James Mallinson</a>, this association is false.<sup id="cite_ref-mallinsongnyogi_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mallinsongnyogi-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his view, the origins of hatha yoga should be associated with the <a href="/wiki/Dashanami_Sampradaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Dashanami Sampradaya">Dashanami Sampradaya</a> of <a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita Vedanta</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames_Mallinson2011331–332_with_footnote_22_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames_Mallinson2011331–332_with_footnote_22-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Hinduism), the mystical figure of <a href="/wiki/Dattatreya" title="Dattatreya">Dattatreya</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames_Mallinson201226–27_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames_Mallinson201226–27-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Ramananda" title="Ramananda">Rāmānandīs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames_Mallinson201226–27,_Quote:_"Thee_key_practices_of_hathayoga—including_complex,_non-seated_āsanas_[...]_whose_first_descriptions_are_found_in_Pāñcarātrika_sources—originated_among_the_forerunners_of_the_Dasnāmīs_and_Rāmānandīs."_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames_Mallinson201226–27,_Quote:_"Thee_key_practices_of_hathayoga—including_complex,_non-seated_āsanas_[...]_whose_first_descriptions_are_found_in_Pāñcarātrika_sources—originated_among_the_forerunners_of_the_Dasnāmīs_and_Rāmānandīs."-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the origins of Hatha yoga are disputed, according to Guy Beck, a professor of Religious Studies known for his studies on Yoga and music, "the connections between Goraknath, the Kanphatas and Hatha yoga are beyond question".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuy_L._Beck1995102–103_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuy_L._Beck1995102–103-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Langars_(community_kitchens)"><span id="Langars_.28community_kitchens.29"></span><i>Langars</i> (community kitchens)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Langars (community kitchens)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair, a professor in Asian languages and cultures, the Gorakhnath orders were operating free community kitchens in <a href="/wiki/Punjab" title="Punjab">Punjab</a> before Guru Nanak founded Sikhism.<sup id="cite_ref-Mandair2013p252_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mandair2013p252-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gorakhnath shrines have continued to operate a <i><a href="/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism)" title="Langar (Sikhism)">langar</a></i> and provide a free meal to pilgrims who visit.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gorakhnath_or_Goraksanath_Temple_Mrigasthali_Pasupati_Kathmandu_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Gorakhnath_or_Goraksanath_Temple_Mrigasthali_Pasupati_Kathmandu_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%284%29.jpg/246px-Gorakhnath_or_Goraksanath_Temple_Mrigasthali_Pasupati_Kathmandu_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="246" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Gorakhnath_or_Goraksanath_Temple_Mrigasthali_Pasupati_Kathmandu_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%284%29.jpg/369px-Gorakhnath_or_Goraksanath_Temple_Mrigasthali_Pasupati_Kathmandu_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Gorakhnath_or_Goraksanath_Temple_Mrigasthali_Pasupati_Kathmandu_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%284%29.jpg/492px-Gorakhnath_or_Goraksanath_Temple_Mrigasthali_Pasupati_Kathmandu_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2719" data-file-height="1508" /></a><figcaption>Gorakhnath temple within the zone of <a href="/wiki/Pashupatinath_Temple" title="Pashupatinath Temple">Pashupatinath Temple, Nepal</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nepal">Nepal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Nepal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gurkha" title="Gurkha">Gurkha</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gurkhas" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurkhas">Gurkhas</a> of Nepal take their name from Gorakhnath.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008440–441_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008440–441-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gorkha_District" title="Gorkha District">Gorkha</a>, a historical district of Nepal, is also named after him. A cave exists in Gorkha with his paduka (footprints) and an idol.<sup id="cite_ref-nepcen2018_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nepcen2018-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every year, on the day of Baisakh Purnima, a celebration known as Rot Mahotsav takes place in the cave; it has purportedly been celebrated for the last seven hundred years.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Goraksh_or_Ratnanath_or_Choughara_Temple_Chaughara_Ghorahi_Dang_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_(12).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Goraksh_or_Ratnanath_or_Choughara_Temple_Chaughara_Ghorahi_Dang_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%2812%29.jpg/244px-Goraksh_or_Ratnanath_or_Choughara_Temple_Chaughara_Ghorahi_Dang_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%2812%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="244" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Goraksh_or_Ratnanath_or_Choughara_Temple_Chaughara_Ghorahi_Dang_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%2812%29.jpg/366px-Goraksh_or_Ratnanath_or_Choughara_Temple_Chaughara_Ghorahi_Dang_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%2812%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Goraksh_or_Ratnanath_or_Choughara_Temple_Chaughara_Ghorahi_Dang_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%2812%29.jpg/488px-Goraksh_or_Ratnanath_or_Choughara_Temple_Chaughara_Ghorahi_Dang_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%2812%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8212" data-file-height="5056" /></a><figcaption>Gorakhnath temple of <a href="/wiki/Dang_Deukhuri_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Dang Deukhuri District">Dang valley, Nepal</a>, also popularly called as Ratnanath temple</figcaption></figure> <p>According to William Northey and John Morris, legend states that a disciple of Machendra by name Gorakhnath once visited Nepal and retired to a small hill near Deo Patan. There, he meditated in an unmovable state for twelve years. The locals built a temple in his honour there.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dang_Deukhuri_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Dang Deukhuri District">Dang valley</a> of Nepal, located in the south-west of the country close to India, is regarded as one of the historically significant place for the disciples of Gorakhnath for over 1300 years.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per the legend, the king of Dang named Ratnaparikshak was initiated by Gorakhnath in the valley's forest and later became a famed siddha called Ratnanath, and built a temple. Ratnanath travelled across the sub-continent to spread the teachings of <a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Siddhar_tradition"><i>Siddhar</i> tradition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Siddhar tradition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Siddhar" title="Siddhar">Siddhar</a> tradition of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, Gorakhnath is one of the 18 esteemed <a href="/wiki/Siddhar" title="Siddhar">Siddhars</a> of yore, and is also known as <a href="/wiki/Korakkar" title="Korakkar">Korakkar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Siddhar" title="Siddhar">Siddhar</a> <a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Siddhar" title="Siddhar">Siddhar</a> <a href="/wiki/Bogar" title="Bogar">Bhogar</a> were his <a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">gurus</a>. There is a temple in Vadukku Poigainallur, <a href="/wiki/Nagapattinam" title="Nagapattinam">Nagapattinam</a>, Tamil Nadu which specifically houses his <a href="/wiki/Jiva" title="Jiva">Jeeva</a> <a href="/wiki/Samadhi" title="Samadhi">Samadhi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to one account, he spent much of his youth in the <a href="/wiki/Velliangiri_Mountains" title="Velliangiri Mountains">Velliangiri Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a>. </p><p> There are various other shrines honouring <a href="/wiki/Korakkar" title="Korakkar">Korakkar</a>, including ones located in <a href="/wiki/Perur" title="Perur">Perur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thiruchendur" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruchendur">Thiruchendur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a>. <a href="/wiki/Korakkar" title="Korakkar">Korakkar</a> Caves are found in both <a href="/wiki/Sathuragiri_Hills" title="Sathuragiri Hills">Sathuragiri</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kolli_Hills" title="Kolli Hills">Kolli Hills</a>, where he is noted to have practised his sadhana. Like his colleagues, the 18 <a href="/wiki/Siddhar" title="Siddhar">Siddhars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korakkar" title="Korakkar">Korakkar</a> wrote cryptic <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> poetry pertaining to <a href="/wiki/Hindu_medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu medicine">medicine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindu_philosophy" title="Hindu philosophy">philosophy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rasayana" title="Rasayana">alchemy</a>. He was one of the first to use <a href="/wiki/Cannabis" title="Cannabis">cannabis</a> in his medicinal preparations for certain ailments; as a result, it gained the name Korakkar Mooligai (Korakkar's Herb).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fresco_depicting_Gorakhnath_from_Udasi_Chitta_Akhara_in_Amritsar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Fresco_depicting_Gorakhnath_from_Udasi_Chitta_Akhara_in_Amritsar.jpg/235px-Fresco_depicting_Gorakhnath_from_Udasi_Chitta_Akhara_in_Amritsar.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Fresco_depicting_Gorakhnath_from_Udasi_Chitta_Akhara_in_Amritsar.jpg/353px-Fresco_depicting_Gorakhnath_from_Udasi_Chitta_Akhara_in_Amritsar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Fresco_depicting_Gorakhnath_from_Udasi_Chitta_Akhara_in_Amritsar.jpg/470px-Fresco_depicting_Gorakhnath_from_Udasi_Chitta_Akhara_in_Amritsar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1133" data-file-height="925" /></a><figcaption>Fresco depicting Gorakhnath from Udasi Chitta Akhara in Amritsar</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="West_Bengal_–_Assam_–_Tripura_-_Bangladesh"><span id="West_Bengal_.E2.80.93_Assam_.E2.80.93_Tripura_-_Bangladesh"></span>West Bengal – Assam – Tripura - Bangladesh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: West Bengal – Assam – Tripura - Bangladesh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bengali_Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali Hindu">Bengali Hindu</a> community in the states of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>, and the country <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> have a sizeable number of people belonging to the <i>Nath Sampradaya</i>, named as <i>Nath</i> or <i>Yogi Nath</i>, who have taken the name from Gorakhnath.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were marginalised in Medieval Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Romola_Butalia" title="Romola Butalia">Romola Butalia</a>, an Indian writer of Yoga history, lists the works attributed to Gorakhnath as including the <i>Gorakṣaśataka</i>, <i>Goraksha Samhita</i>, <i>Goraksha Gita</i>, <i>Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati</i>, <i>Yoga Martanda</i>, <i>Yoga Siddhanta Paddhati</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yogab%C4%ABja" title="Yogabīja">Yogabīja</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yogacintamani" title="Yogacintamani">Yogacintamani</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Siddha_Siddhanta_Paddhati"><i>Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Hatha_Yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatha Yoga">Hatha Yoga</a> Sanskrit text attributed to Gorakhnath by the <a href="/wiki/Nath" class="mw-redirect" title="Nath">Nath</a> tradition. According to <a href="/wiki/Georg_Feuerstein" title="Georg Feuerstein">Feuerstein</a> (1991: p. 105), it is "one of the earliest hatha yoga scriptures, the <i>Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati</i>, contains many verses that describe the <a href="/wiki/Avadhuta" title="Avadhuta">avadhuta</a>" (liberated) yogi.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008453_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008453-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati</i> text is based on an <a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">advaita (nonduality)</a> framework, where the yogi sees "himself in all beings, and all in himself" including the identity of the individual soul (<a href="/wiki/Atman_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atman (Hinduism)">Atman</a>) with the universal (<a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008440–441_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008440–441-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This idea appears in the text in various forms, such as the following: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>The four varna (castes) are perceived to be located in the nature of the individual, i.e. Brahmana in <i>sadacara</i> (righteous conduct), Ksatriya in <i>saurya</i> (valor and courage), Vaisya in <i>vyavasaya</i> (business), and Sudra in <i>seva</i> (service). A yogin experiences all men and women of all races and castes within himself. Therefore he has no hatred for anybody. He has love for every being. </p> <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Gorakhnath, <i>Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati III.6-8</i> (Translator: D Shastri)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008440_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008440-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Gorakh_Aya" title="Gorakh Aya">Gorakh Aya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maya_Machhindra" title="Maya Machhindra">Maya Machhindra</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorakhnath_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorakhnath Temple">Gorakhnath Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Nath" title="Yogi Nath">Yogi Nath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorakh_Hill" title="Gorakh Hill">Gorakh Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korakkar" title="Korakkar">Korakkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghorahi" title="Ghorahi">Ratan Nath Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilla_Jogian" title="Tilla Jogian">Tilla Jogian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_gurus_and_saints" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Hindu gurus and saints">List of Hindu gurus and saints</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuy_L._Beck1995102–103-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuy_L._Beck1995102–103_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuy_L._Beck1995102–103_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGuy_L._Beck1995">Guy L. 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'Holy Madness'. In <i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Journal" title="Yoga Journal">Yoga Journal</a></i> May/June 1991. With calligraphy by Robin Spaan. Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lekDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA105">p. 105</a> (accessed: 29 February 2011)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008453-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008453_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008">Gerald James Larson, Ram Shankar Bhattacharya & Karl H. Potter 2008</a>, p. 453.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008440-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008440_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008">Gerald James Larson, Ram Shankar Bhattacharya & Karl H. Potter 2008</a>, p. 440.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAkshaya_Kumar_Banerjea1983" class="citation book cs1">Akshaya Kumar Banerjea (1983). <i>Philosophy of Gorakhnath with Goraksha-Vacana-Sangraha</i>. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8120805347" title="Special:BookSources/978-8120805347"><bdi>978-8120805347</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Philosophy+of+Gorakhnath+with+Goraksha-Vacana-Sangraha&rft.place=Delhi&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=978-8120805347&rft.au=Akshaya+Kumar+Banerjea&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGorakhnath" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBriggs1938" class="citation book cs1">Briggs, G.W. (1938). <i>Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis</i> (6th ed.). Motilal Banarsidass. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8120805644" title="Special:BookSources/978-8120805644"><bdi>978-8120805644</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gorakhnath+and+the+Kanphata+Yogis&rft.edition=6th&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass&rft.date=1938&rft.isbn=978-8120805644&rft.aulast=Briggs&rft.aufirst=G.W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGorakhnath" class="Z3988"></span> (2009 Reprint)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuy_L._Beck1995" class="citation book cs1">Guy L. Beck (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgybmMnWpaUC"><i>Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound</i></a>. Motilal Banarsidass. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-1261-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-1261-1"><bdi>978-81-208-1261-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sonic+Theology%3A+Hinduism+and+Sacred+Sound&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-81-208-1261-1&rft.au=Guy+L.+Beck&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DZgybmMnWpaUC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGorakhnath" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGerald_James_LarsonRam_Shankar_BhattacharyaKarl_H._Potter2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_James_Larson" title="Gerald James Larson">Gerald James Larson</a>; Ram Shankar Bhattacharya; Karl H. Potter (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p6pURGdBBmIC"><i>Yoga: India's Philosophy of Meditation</i></a>. Motilal Banarsidass. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-3349-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-3349-4"><bdi>978-81-208-3349-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Yoga%3A+India%27s+Philosophy+of+Meditation&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-81-208-3349-4&rft.au=Gerald+James+Larson&rft.au=Ram+Shankar+Bhattacharya&rft.au=Karl+H.+Potter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp6pURGdBBmIC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGorakhnath" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames_Mallinson2011" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_Mallinson_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mallinson (author)">James Mallinson</a> (2011). "Siddhi and Mahāsiddhi". In Knut Jacobsen (ed.). <i>Early Haṭhayoga in Yoga Powers: Extraordinary Capacities Attained Through Meditation and Concentration</i>. Leiden: Brill Academic. pp. 327–344.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Siddhi+and+Mah%C4%81siddhi&rft.btitle=Early+Ha%E1%B9%ADhayoga+in+Yoga+Powers%3A+Extraordinary+Capacities+Attained+Through+Meditation+and+Concentration&rft.place=Leiden&rft.pages=327-344&rft.pub=Brill+Academic&rft.date=2011&rft.au=James+Mallinson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGorakhnath" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames_Mallinson2012" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_Mallinson_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mallinson (author)">James Mallinson</a> (March 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/3490868">"Yoga and Yogis"</a>. <i>Namarupa</i>. <b>3</b> (15): 1–27.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Namarupa&rft.atitle=Yoga+and+Yogis&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=15&rft.pages=1-27&rft.date=2012-03&rft.au=James+Mallinson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F3490868&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGorakhnath" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames_Mallinson2014" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_Mallinson_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mallinson (author)">James Mallinson</a> (2014). "Haṭhayoga's Philosophy: A Fortuitous Union of Non-Dualities". <i>Journal of Indian Philosophy</i>. <b>42</b> (1): 225–247. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10781-013-9217-0">10.1007/s10781-013-9217-0</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:170326576">170326576</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Indian+Philosophy&rft.atitle=Ha%E1%B9%ADhayoga%27s+Philosophy%3A+A+Fortuitous+Union+of+Non-Dualities&rft.volume=42&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=225-247&rft.date=2014&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2Fs10781-013-9217-0&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A170326576%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.au=James+Mallinson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGorakhnath" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Adityanath (2005). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nathorder.org/wiki/Gorakhnath">Gorakhnath</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2022">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></i>. Retrieved 7 March 2006.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romola_Butalia" title="Romola Butalia">Romola Butalia</a> (2003). <i>In the Presence of the Masters</i>. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-208-1947-0" title="Special:BookSources/81-208-1947-0">81-208-1947-0</a></li> <li>Dhallapiccola, Anna. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_Hindu_Lore_and_Legend" title="Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend">Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend</a></i>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-500-51088-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-500-51088-1">0-500-51088-1</a></li> <li>Gordan Djurdjevic & Shukdev Singh, <i>Sayings of Gorakhnāth: Annotated Translation of the Gorakh Bānī</i>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780199977673" title="Special:BookSources/9780199977673">9780199977673</a>, Oxford University Press, 2019.</li> <li>Mahendranath, Shri Gurudev. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090202120028/http://www.mahendranath.org/paganindia.mhtml"><i>Notes on Pagan India</i></a>. Retrieved 7 March 2006.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorakhnath&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output 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title="Muktasana">Muktasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotus_position" title="Lotus position">Padmasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddhasana" title="Siddhasana">Siddhasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simhasana" title="Simhasana">Simhasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopasrayasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Sopasrayasana">Sopasrayasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Sukhasana">Sukhasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svastikasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Svastikasana">Svastikasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virasana" title="Virasana">Virasana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ancient non-meditation <i><a href="/wiki/Ahirbudhnya_Sa%E1%B9%83hit%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahirbudhnya Saṃhitā">Ahirbudhnya Saṃhitā</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/P%C4%81ta%C3%B1jalayoga%C5%9B%C4%81stravivara%E1%B9%87a" class="mw-redirect" title="Pātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇa">Pātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇa</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dandasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandasana">Dandasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurmasana" title="Kurmasana">Kurmasana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>c. 7th C. <i><a href="/wiki/Ahirbudhnya_Samhita" title="Ahirbudhnya Samhita">Ahirbudhnya Samhita</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kukkutasana" title="Kukkutasana">Kukkutasana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>c. 10th C. <i><a href="/wiki/Vimanarcanakalpa" title="Vimanarcanakalpa">Vimanarcanakalpa</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mayurasana" title="Mayurasana">Mayurasana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>c. 11th C. <i><a href="/wiki/Amritasiddhi" title="Amritasiddhi">Amritasiddhi</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Hemacandra" class="mw-redirect" title="Hemacandra">Hemachandra's <i>Yogashastra</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muktasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Muktasana">Muktasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirshasana" title="Shirshasana">Shirshasana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>12th C. <i><a href="/wiki/Amaraugha" title="Amaraugha">Amaraugha</a></i></li></ul> <ul><li>13th C. <i><a href="/wiki/Dattatreya_Yoga_Shastra" class="mw-redirect" title="Dattatreya Yoga Shastra">Dattatreya Yoga Shastra</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Goraksha_Shataka" title="Goraksha Shataka">Goraksha Shataka</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Vasishtha_Samhita" title="Vasishtha Samhita">Vasishtha Samhita</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Vivekam%C4%81rta%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Da" title="Vivekamārtaṇḍa">Vivekamārtaṇḍa</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Viparita_Karani" title="Viparita Karani">Viparita Karani</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>14th C. <i><a href="/wiki/Khecar%C4%ABvidy%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Khecarīvidyā">Khecarīvidyā</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Shiva_Samhita" title="Shiva Samhita">Shiva Samhita</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sharngadhara-paddhati" title="Sharngadhara-paddhati">Sharngadhara-paddhati</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yogab%C4%ABja" title="Yogabīja">Yogabīja</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yogat%C4%81r%C4%81val%C4%AB" title="Yogatārāvalī">Yogatārāvalī</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gorakshasana" title="Gorakshasana">Gorakshasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschimottanasana" title="Paschimottanasana">Paschimottanasana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>15th C. <i><a href="/wiki/Hatha_Yoga_Pradipika" title="Hatha Yoga Pradipika">Hatha Yoga Pradipika</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baddha_Konasana" title="Baddha Konasana">Baddha Konasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanurasana" title="Dhanurasana">Dhanurasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsyendrasana" title="Matsyendrasana">Matsyendrasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utkatasana" title="Utkatasana">Utkatasana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>17th C. <i><a href="/wiki/Gheranda_Samhita" title="Gheranda Samhita">Gheranda Samhita</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ha%E1%B9%ADha_Ratn%C4%81val%C4%AB" title="Haṭha Ratnāvalī">Hatha Ratnavali</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yogacintamani" title="Yogacintamani">Yogacintamani</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bahr_al-Hay%C4%81t" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahr al-Hayāt">Bahr al-Hayāt</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bakasana" title="Bakasana">Bakasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhujangasana" title="Bhujangasana">Bhujangasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Kakasana">Kakasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kraunchasana" title="Kraunchasana">Kraunchasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makarasana" title="Makarasana">Makarasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandukasana" title="Mandukasana">Mandukasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsyasana" title="Matsyasana">Matsyasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajrasana_(yoga)" title="Vajrasana (yoga)">Vajrasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrikshasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Vrikshasana">Vrikshasana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>18th C. <i><a href="/wiki/Ha%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81bhy%C4%81sapaddhati" title="Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati">Hathabhyasa-paddhati</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Joga_Prad%C4%ABpik%C4%81" title="Joga Pradīpikā">Joga Pradipika</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handstand" title="Handstand">Adho Mukha Vrikshasana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>19th C. <i><a href="/wiki/Sritattvanidhi" title="Sritattvanidhi">Sritattvanidhi</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akarna_Dhanurasana" title="Akarna Dhanurasana">Akarna Dhanurasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhairavasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhairavasana">Bhairavasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durvasasana" title="Durvasasana">Durvasasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garudasana" title="Garudasana">Garudasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halasana" title="Halasana">Halasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navasana" title="Navasana">Navasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashasana">Pashasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Setu_Bandha_Sarvangasana" title="Setu Bandha Sarvangasana">Setu Bandha Sarvangasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tittibhasana" title="Tittibhasana">Tittibhasana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urdhva_Dhanurasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdhva Dhanurasana">Urdhva Dhanurasana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Late <ul><li>1905 <i><a href="/wiki/Yogasopana_Purvacatuska" title="Yogasopana Purvacatuska">Yogasopana Purvacatuska</a></i></li> <li>1943 <i><a href="/wiki/Hatha_Yoga:_The_Report_of_A_Personal_Experience" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatha Yoga: The Report of A Personal Experience">Hatha Yoga: The Report of A Personal Experience</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mudra#Yogic_mudrās" title="Mudra">Mudras</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahamudra_(Hatha_Yoga)" title="Mahamudra (Hatha Yoga)">Mahamudra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Bandha" class="mw-redirect" title="Maha Bandha">Maha Bandha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jalandhara_Bandha" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalandhara Bandha">Jalandhara Bandha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mula_Bandha" 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