The first chapter of Svatmarama’s Hatha yoga Pradipika, „Prathamo Padeshah“, is about diet and physical exercises (Asanas).

Hatha Pradipika

hatha (हठ, haṭha) = Name of the described yoga style, Sun Moon
yoga (योग, yoga) = Yoga
pradipika (प्रदिपिका, pradipikā) = illumination, bright light
hatha-yoga-pradipika (हठयोगप्रदिपिका, haṭha-yoga-pradipikā) = The illumination of Hatha yoga, Light on Hatha yoga

Prathamopadeshah

Sentence 19

atha asanam"
hathasya prathama-angatvad asanam purvam uchyate |"
kuryat tad asanam sthairyam arogyam changa-laghavam ||19||

अथ आसनम्"
हठस्य प्रथमाङ्गत्वाद् आसनं पूर्वम् उच्यते ।"
कुर्यात् तद् आसनं स्थैर्यम् आरोग्यं चाङ्गलाघवम् ॥१९॥

atha āsanam"
haṭhasya prathama-aṅgatvād āsanaṁ pūrvam ucyate ।"
kuryāt tad āsanaṁ sthairyam ārogyaṁ cāṅga-lāghavam ॥19॥

Nun Asana:
Asana wird zuerst erklärt, da es die erste Stufe des Hatha-Yoga ist. |
Diese Asana-Praxis soll geübt werden, da sie Kraft, Gesundheit und Leichtigkeit im Körper verleiht. ||19||


atha = jetzt, nun
āsanam = Asana, die Körper-Übungen des Hatha-Yoga

haṭhasya = des Hatha-Yoga (Gen.)
prathama = erste
aṅga = Glied, Körper
aṅgatvāt = Stufe
pūrvam = zuerst
ucyate = erklärt

kuryāt = soll geübt werden
tad = dieses
āsanaṁ = Asana
sthairyam = Festigkeit, Kraft
ārogyaṁ = Gesundheit
ca = und
aṅga = Glied, Körper
lāghavam = Leichtigkeit

Im der Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika werden insgesamt 15 Körperpositionen (Asama) beschrieben:
  1. Svastikāsana: Kapitel I.21
  2. Gomukhāsana: Kapitel I.22
  3. Vīrāsana: Kapitel I.23
  4. Kūrmāsana: Kapitel I.24
  5. Kukkuṭāsana: Kapitel I.25
  6. Uttānakūrmāsana: Kapitel I.26
  7. Dhanurāsana: Kapitel I.27
  8. Śrīmatsyanāthoditamāsana: Kapitel I.28-29
  9. Paścimottānāsana: Kapitel I.30-31
  10. Mayūrasana: Kapitel I.32-33
  11. Śavsssana: Kapitel I.35
  12. Siddhāsana: Kapitel I.36,37-45, 37 (Vajrasana, वज्रासन, Vajrāsana, Muktasana, मुक्तासन, Muktāsana, Guptasana, गुप्तासन, Guptāsana)
  13. Padmāsana: Kapitel I.36, 46-51
  14. Si?hāsana: Kapitel I.36, 52-54
  15. Bhadrāsana: Kapitel I.36, 55, 56 (Goraksasana, गोरक्षासन, Gorakṣāsana)
  16. Utkaṭāsana: Kapitel II.26