The Siva Samhita

-This series is the result of the most impressive publishing endeavours of the 20th century. The work was devised along new lines, a simple system envisaged by the Panini office, and Basu, B.D., and its contributors included some of the leading scholars of the day. It brings together a coherent method to the compilation of Hindu scriptures. This is a Sanskrit text on yoga enumerating its concepts and cognate principles. In the five chapters are discussed and elaborated the essentials necessary for the practice of yoga, ways of attaining siddhi, the philosophy of existence, importance of yoga, the spirit, maya or illusion, the microcosm, the functions of the body, the principles of pranayama or breathing, asanas or postures, the Kundalini and its awakening, the various forms of yoga, etc.