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How to Use Online Sanskrit Dictionaries Tutorial (Video + PDF) digital sanskrit sanskrit sanskrit dictionaries sanskrit tools tutorial video Feb 21, 2019

 

 


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Getting Started

There are many different methods and tools for utilizing Sanskrit dictionaries. Each student or scholar...

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How to Type Transliterated Sanskrit with Diacritics in Mac OSX (Video + PDF) diacritics mac osx sanskrit sanskrit for yogis sanskrit tools sanskrit typing tutorial video Feb 15, 2019

 

 


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There are various schemes for transliterating Sanskrit (as well as Pāli, Hindi, etc.) into Roman characters....

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Podcast Interview With J. Brown interview j. brown patañjali philology podcast seth's story yogasūtra Jan 28, 2019

In this wide-ranging long form interview with prominent yoga teacher and podcaster, J. Brown, the two discuss Seth's personal background, journey into yoga, and pursuing a PhD at Harvard. In the second half J. and Seth get into some issues regarding the history and interpretation of yoga...

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An Introduction to Sanskrit: The Language of Yoga sanskrit Jan 04, 2019

संसकृत 
saṃskṛta
“refined, ornamented, perfected”

देववाणी
devavāṇī
“language of the gods”

Sanskrit is one of the most ancient continuously used languages in the world. Known by tradition as the language spoken by the gods (devavāṇī), it is understood as the...

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Interview with Accessible Yoga Part 4: Modern Misconceptions about Early Yoga "authentic" yoga accessible yoga modern yoga orthopraxy yoga and religion yoga history Dec 10, 2018

 

Part 4/4 of Seth Powell's interview with Patrice Priya Wagner from Accessible Yoga. Reposted with permission. The original post can be found here

Priya: Regarding access to yoga practice throughout India’s history, or more recently in the West, what misconception...

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Interview with Accessible Yoga Part 3: Who Had Access to Yoga in Premodern India accessible yoga haṭha yoga project haṭhapradīpikā history of āsana medieval yoga yoga history āsana Śivayogapradīpikā Nov 26, 2018

The Great Stupa at Sanchi. Madhya Pradesh, Stone Relief, (c. 50 BCE- 50 CE).
Image from Diamond (2013, 28).

 

Part 3/4 of Seth Powell's interview with Patrice Priya Wagner from Accessible Yoga. Reposted with permission. The original post can be found here

[Priya]

While taking...

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Interview with Accessible Yoga Part 2: Early History of Yoga for Women accessible yoga bhakti dattātreyayogaśāstra lalleshwari tantra women and yoga yoga history yoginī Nov 12, 2018

 

Part 2/4 of Seth Powell's interview with Patrice Priya Wagner from Accessible Yoga. Reposted with permission. The original post can be found here

[Priya]

While taking an online course “An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Yoga” with Seth Powell, I...

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Interview with Accessible Yoga Part 1: Early History of Yoga for People with Disabilities accessible yoga caurangi nāth gomateśvara haṭha yoga interview matsyendranāth nāth yogis rāja yoga yoga history Oct 29, 2018

 "Ascetics Performing Tapas," South India c. 1820, Opaque watercolor on paper, 23.5 x 29 cm., The British Museum.

 

Part 1/4 of Seth Powell's interview with Patrice Priya Wagner from Accessible Yoga. Reposted with permission. The original post can be found here

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The Ancient Yoga Strap: A Brief History of the Yogapaṭṭa art history haṭha yoga yoga history yogapaṭṭa Āsana Jun 16, 2018

Guest blogpost for The Luminescent. Original post can be found here: http://www.theluminescent.org/2018/06/the-ancient-yoga-strap-yogapatta.html

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Abstract

This article will provide a small window onto the longue duree of the yogapatta, or “yoga...

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Podcast Interview with The Humboldt Lighthouse academia interview podcast the humboldt lighthouse yoga studies May 14, 2018

In Seth's first-ever Podcast interview, he sits down with Nate Hanks at The Humboldt Lighthouse. Recorded live in McKinleyville, California. In this conversation, Seth and Nate discuss Seth’s journey into yoga and academia, yoga philosophy and meditation practice, the ...

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