| Shandilya Upanishad | |
|---|---|
 Gomukhasana is one of eight postures described in Shandilya Upanishad | |
| Devanagari | शाण्डिल्य |
| IAST | Śāṇḍilya |
| Title means | Name of a Vedic sage, Sandilya[1][2] |
| Date | Vedic Age |
| Type | Yoga[3][4] |
| Linked Veda | Atharvaveda |
| Chapters | 3[4] |
| Philosophy | Yoga, Vedanta[5] |
The Shandilya Upanishad (Sanskrit: शाण्डिल्य उपनिषत्, IAST: Śāṇḍilya Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism.[6][7] It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas,[8] and is attached to the Atharvaveda.[3][9]
The text is primarily focussed on Yoga techniques, and is among the most detailed in the Upanishadic corpus of texts dedicated to Yoga.[4][10] It describes ten Yamas (ethical don'ts, restraints), ten Niyamas (ethical to do list, observances) and eight Asanas (postures),[4] along with three Pranayamas, five types of Pratyaharas, five kinds of Dharana, two types of Dhyana and one Samadhi.[11][9]
- ^ Patrick Olivelle (1998), The Early Upaniṣads: annotated text and translation, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0195124354, page 12
- ^ Patrick Olivelle (1998), Upanisads, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0192835765, pages xxxiv, xxxvi, 33, 72, 94, 124
- ^ a b Ayyangar 1938, p. 448.
- ^ a b c d Larson & Bhattacharya 2008, p. 626.
- ^ Larson & Bhattacharya 2008, pp. 626–628.
- ^ Deussen 1997, p. 557.
- ^ Aiyar 1914, p. viii, 173.
- ^ Ayyangar 1938, p. vii.
- ^ a b Aiyar 1914, p. 173.
- ^ Hattangadi 2000.
- ^ Ayyangar 1938, pp. 448–449.