On 23 February 2024 the Haṭhapradīpikā Symposium was held at the Bodleian Weston Library of the University of Oxford. During the Symposium the new digital critical edition of the Haṭhapradīpikā was launched. The critical edition was produced as part of the ‘Light on Hatha Yoga’ project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG). Over 200 manuscripts, written in various Indian scripts, were sourced for this edition and the English translation.
The speakers at the Symposium were:
Prof. James Mallinson, University of Oxford
The Composition of Svātmārāma’s Haṭhapradīpikā
Nils-Jacob Liersch, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Computer Stemmatics applied to the Haṭhapradīpikā
Mitsuyo Demoto, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Development of the various recensions of the Haṭhapradīpikā
Jason Birch, University of Oxford
Insights from the New Critical Edition of the Haṭhapradīpikā
Prof. Jürgen Hanneder, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Brahmānanda’s Commentary on the Haṭhapradīpikā
