History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.235

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²³⁴⁴ A translation of this work (which contains 388 verses) into English by Srinivasa Iyengar has been published by the Theosophical Publishing House, Madras (3rd ed 1949). The proper name of the work appears to be हठप्रदीपिका, as shown by I. 3 'हठप्रदीपिकां धत्ते स्वात्मारामः कृपाकरः', by the colophons at the end of each Upadeśa and the first verse of the commentary of Brahmānanda 'Hathapradīpikā Jyotsnā'. Acc to the com. ह and ठ mean सूर्य and चन्द्र and represent respectively right and left nostril-breath. The Śivasaṃhitā is translated by Rai Bahadur Srischandra Vidyārnava, Pāṇini Office, 2nd ed 1923 and Gherandasaṃhitā was translated by Srischandra Vasu, Bombay, 1896