TheVimānārcanākalpa is a 10th to 11th century text onHatha yoga, attributed to the sageMarichi.
TheVimanarcanakalpa is a 10th to 11th century prose text[1][2] onHatha yoga, attributed to the sageMarichi.[3] It states thatyoga is the union of the individual with the supreme self.[4]
It is one of the earliest texts to describe a non-seatedasana and to call such postures asanas (the term originally and literally meaning a seat), namelyMayurasana the peacock pose. In chapter 96 it describes nine asanas in all (Brahmasana,Svastikasana,Padmasana,Gomukhasana,Simhasana,Muktasana, Virasana,[a]Bhadrasana, and Mayurasana), some 500 years before theHatha Yoga Pradipika.[5] Its account of Mayurasana, inJames Mallinson's translation, is:
Fix the palms of the hands on the floor, place the elbows on either side of the navel, raise the head and feet and remain in the air like a staff. This is the peacock posture.[6]
The text teaches a method ofpratyahara, withdrawal using the breath, which is raised through 18 stages called marmans, vital points.[7]
TheVimanarcanakalpa describes other topics, such as the practice of burying sacred bronze objects to protect them in times of trouble.[8]
he Vimanarcanakalpa, (Marici text) published in Madras, 1926, Chapter 70, pp. 435-439, gives in detail the process of concealing metal images in times of emergency and restoring them to worship. The chapter is titled Bhaya-raksartham Niskrtih.
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