Home›Sources›Gheranda SamhitaSourcesGheranda SamhitaCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Gheranda Samhita." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/gheranda-samhita.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Gheranda Samhita. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/gheranda-samhitaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-gheranda-samhita, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Gheranda Samhita}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/gheranda-samhita}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Gheranda Samhita is a primary hatha yoga text, framed within the tradition as the sage Gheranda teaching a sevenfold discipline to Chanda Kapali, and this record states its dating honestly as unsettled beyond being later than the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, rather than assigning a false precise date. As a primary text it is authoritative for what this specific manual itself teaches, including its second lesson's thirty two asanas, the largest count among the three classical hatha manuals, and its claim that Shiva taught eighty four, not for whether those numbers or techniques are historically older than this specific text. Use it for the content of this text's own teaching at lesson level, as it is cited in this atlas; a claim about hatha yoga's broader documented history needs a dedicated scholarly source.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (153 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3A primary hatha yoga text, framed within the tradition as the sage Gheranda teaching a sevenfold discipline; authoritative for what this specific manual itself teaches, including its claim that Shiva taught eighty-four asanas, not for whether that count is historically older than this text.NotesWell-attestedA hatha yoga manual in seven lessons, framed as the sage Gheranda teaching Chanda Kapali a sevenfold discipline. Its second lesson describes thirty two asanas, the largest count in any of the three classical hatha manuals, and states that Shiva taught eighty four. Later than the Hatha Yoga Pradipika; a precise date is not settled here. Cited in this atlas at lesson level rather than verse level.CitationAuthorWell-attestedGheranda (the text's own attribution)PublisherWell-attestedPanini OfficeSrisa Chandra Vasu's translation, Sacred Books of the Hindus vol. 15 part 2, Allahabad.Publication YearWell-attested1914URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/Gheranda_SamhitaSource TypeWell-attestedprimary-textCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithShiva, Deities Well-attested This source names Shiva directly: "hatha manuals, and its claim that Shiva taught eighty four, not for whether those numbers or techniques are historically older than this specific text."Source Gheranda SamhitaGheranda (the text's own attribution)tier 3Claims Backed By This Source (153 claims)This source backs 153 claims across the atlas. As facts: 84 well-attested. As cited relationships: 34 holds. Plus 35 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicAsanas, 103 claims: 37 well-attested, 33 holds, 33 general references.Articles, 34 claims: 34 well-attested.Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.Esoteric Texts, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.Disciplines, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested84ArticlesA Family of Seats and the Question of CountingA Kneeling Backbend That the Text Does Not ContainA Resting Posture and What the Manuals Say About RestA Steady Seat Named for a BirdAn Insect in a Bestiary of PosturesBalanced High on the ToesInches Apart and Counted SeparatelyLying Back From the LotusNandi, and the Bull in the Temple GateStanding Still as a TreeThe Camel as the Gheranda Samhita Describes ItThe Composite Creature of the WatersThe Entwined Balance Is Not in the TextThe Fish, the Avatar and the Lord of FishesThe Frog in the Second LessonThe Frog Raised UpThe Hidden FeetThe Kneeling Seat That Now Holds the NameThe Last of the Thirty TwoThe Locust Among the Prone FormsThe Missing Standing RepertoireThe Narrow PostureThe Posture and the Serpent GoddessThe Posture That Carries a Founder's NameThe Posture That Survived Into Every ClassThe Rare Case of a Posture That Did Not ChangeThe Seat Named for FreedomThe Squat That Took the NameThighs Made Hard as the ThunderboltTurning Onto the SideTwo Postures, One Animal, and the Habit of PairingWhat a Posture Was ForWhy the Animal Names Cluster in the Later ManualWhy the Atlas Holds Two EntriesAsanasBhujangasanaGarudasanaGorakshasanaGuptasanaMakarasanaMandukasanaMarichyasanaMatsyasanaMuktasanaSankatasanaShalabhasanaUshtrasanaUtkatasanaUttana MandukasanaVajrasanaVrikshasanaShowing 1 to 50 of 55 entities carrying this claim. NextHolds34AsanasBhadrasanaBhujangasanaDhanurasanaGarudasanaGomukhasanaGorakshasanaGuptasanaKukkutasanaKurmasanaMakarasanaMandukasanaMarichyasanaMatsyasanaMatsyendrasanaMayurasanaMuktasanaPadmasanaPaschimottanasanaSankatasanaShalabhasanaShavasanaSiddhasanaSimhasanaSvastikasanaUshtrasanaUtkatasanaUttana KurmasanaUttana MandukasanaVajrasanaVirasanaVrikshasanaVrishasanaYogasanaSourcesGheranda SamhitaGeneral References35AsanasBhadrasanaBhujangasanaDhanurasanaGarudasanaGomukhasanaGorakshasanaGuptasanaKukkutasanaKurmasanaMakarasanaMandukasanaMarichyasanaMatsyasanaMatsyendrasanaMayurasanaMuktasanaPadmasanaPaschimottanasanaSankatasanaShalabhasanaShavasanaSiddhasanaSimhasanaSvastikasanaUshtrasanaUtkatasanaUttana KurmasanaUttana MandukasanaVajrasanaVirasanaVrikshasanaVrishasanaYogasanaDisciplinesYogaEsoteric TextsGheranda SamhitaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. 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