If what you are looking for is really only this definition, the
Viṣṇusmṛti might indeed be the source, as pointed out by Sven Sellmer
(note also the correct reading /gāyatrīṃ- /there). Of interest might
also Vaikhānasa-Dharmasūtra II 10 (pasted below). The origin of the
practice itself, of course, would be quite another matter...
Best regards,
D Haas
brāhmaṇo hṛdgābhiḥ kṣatriyaḥ kaṇṭhagābhir vaiśyas tālugābhir adbhir
ācāmeta ātmānaṃ prokṣya pratyarkam apo visṛjyārkaṃ paryety udakasyāgner
vāmapārśvaṃ prāṇān āyamya pratyekam oṃkārādisaptavyāhṛtipūrvāṃ gāyatrīm
ante saśiraskāṃ trir japet sa prāṇāyāmas trīn ekaṃ vā prāṇāyāmaṃ kṛtvā
pūtaḥ śataṃ daśa aṣṭau vā sāvitrīṃ sāyaṃprātaḥ saṃdhyām upāsya naiśikam
āhnikaṃ caino 'pamṛjyate dvijātiḥ saṃdhyopāsanahīnaḥ śūdrasamo bhavati
brahmacārī svanāma saṃkīrtyābhivādayed ahaṃ bho iti śrotre ca saṃspṛśya
guroḥ pādaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ dakṣiṇena pāṇinā vāmaṃ vāmena vyatyasyar āpādam
gṛhṇann ānataśīrṣo 'bhivādayaty āyuṣmān bhava saumyety enaṃ śaṃsed
anāśīrvādī nābhivandyo mātā pitā gurur vidvāṃsaś ca pratyaham abhivādanīyāḥ
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Am 30.05.2021 um 15:29 schrieb Sven Sellmer via INDOLOGY:
Dear Colleague!
A quick search in the GRETIL corpus seems to suggest that the ultimate
source is Viṣṇusmṛti 55.9, but the verse is also attested, among
others, in the Garuḍapurāṇa, so it might be difficult to establish
Bhaṭṭotpala's concrete source.
Best wishes,
Sven Sellmer
*Gesendet:* Sonntag, 30. Mai 2021 um 14:29 Uhr
*Von:* "Kenneth Gregory Zysk via INDOLOGY" <[email protected]>
*An:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
*Betreff:* [INDOLOGY] prāṇāyāma
I was wondering if those specialists in yoga on the list might know
the origin of this definition of prāṇāyāma found in Bhaṭṭotpala’s
commentary to Bṛhatsaṃhitā 95/97.62 in connection with the practice of
warding off the effects of bad omens:
savyāhṛtiṃ sapraṇavāṃ gāyatrīśirasā saha/
triḥ paṭhed āyataprāṇaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa ucyate//
Many thanks in advance,
Best,
Ken
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