The Original Yoga as Expounded in Sivasamhita, Gherandasamhita and Patanjala Yogasutra : Original Text in Sanskrit

Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Sivasamhita: 1. The path of harmony. 2. Fundamentals of Yoga. 3. The system and its practice. 4. Postures and preludes. 5. Rajayoga. II. Gherandasamhita: 1. The six-fold system. 2. Asanas or modes of installation. 3. Mudras or mystic exercises. 4. Control of senses. 5. Breath-control. 6. Meditation. 7. Superconsciousness. III. Patanjala Yogasutra: 1. Types of Yoga. 2. Practice of Yoga. 3. Powers of Yoga. 4. Towards emancipation. Glossary. Index.

"Very little is known about the author of this book apart from the facts that he is a retired Government of India officer, now in his late nineties, apparently hoary, but healthy. When requested for more bio-data, he wrote back:

The real author of the Original Yoga is the Lord Siva. In the mundane world, Patanjali is the prime propagator of yoga. Any other claim to authorship, therefore, cannot but be spurious.

It is truth that matters, not the utterer of the truth. No truth ever becomes a bit truer even when repeated by the most distinguished person.

Hence all genuine aspirants of yoga should be content to remain unknown and unnoticed by others.

"His other published work is Hindu Concept of Life and Death." (jacket)