[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c92.282 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.282 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.282 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c92.282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.282) Some of the works on Yoga describe various mudrās. For example, the Haṭhayogapradīpikā (III. 6-23) describes at length ten mudrās and the Gheraṇḍasaṁhitā (III. 1-3) speaks of 25 mudrās and describes them in one hundred verses. The Śivasaṁhitā (IV. 15-31) mentions ten mudrās as the best. An important mudrā in Haṭhayoga practices is the Khecarīmudrā described in Devībhāgavata XI. 66. 62-65, Śivasaṁhitā IV. 31-33, Gheraṇḍasaṁhitā III. 25-27, Haṭhayogapradīpikā III. 32-53. This description differs from the definition of Khecarī in Jñānārṇava (15. 61-63) and Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇava III. 15-23. The Vajrolīmudrā (in Haṭhayogapradīpikā III. 82-96) cannot be set out here for reasons of decency and it was supposed to prolong the life of a yogin even after indulgence in sexual orgies. - [Previous: v7.c92.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.281) - [Next: v7.c92.283](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.283) - [Up: v7.c92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92) ## Cites (6) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata) — Sanskrit - [Śivasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.natha.hathayoga.nibandha.sivasamhita) — Sanskrit - [Haṭhapradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.natha.hathayoga.nibandha.hathapradipika) — Svātmārāma, Sanskrit - [Gheraṇḍasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.natha.hathayoga.nibandha.gherandasamhita) — Sanskrit - [Jñānārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.moral.yoga.dhyana.jnanarnava) — Śubhacandra, Sanskrit - [Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.srividya.tantra.nityasodasikarnava) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.282) · Pramāṇa