The Vasishtha Samhita (Sanskrit: ?????????????, V?si??ha Sa?hit? , Vasishtha's Collection) is a 13th-century medieval Vaishnavite text, one of the first to describe non-seated hatha yoga asanas including the arm-balancing Kukkutasana , Cockerel Pose. It makes use of the 10th-century Vimanarcanakalpa , whose verse it paraphrases in prose to describe what may be the first non-seated asana, the arm-balancing Mayurasana , Peacock Pose. These descriptions in turn were exploited by the 15th century Hatha Yoga Pradipika . ^[1]

The Vasishtha Samhita shares many verses with the Yoga Yajnavalkya, some of which originate in the earlier Padma Samhita. ^[2]

The text, ascribed to the earlier sage Vasishtha , was compiled by an unknown author of the Vaishnavite Shakta sect. Its 45 chapters cover peace, name-chanting, offerings, sacrifices, astrology , and donation. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

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• Mallinson, James ; Singleton, Mark (2017). Roots of Yoga . Penguin Books. ISBN   978-0-241-25304-5 . OCLC   928480104 .
• Maheshananda, Swami; Sharma, B. R. (2005). Vasistha Samhita . Kaivalyadhama. ISBN   978-8189485375 .

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• Sanskrit text of Vasishtha Samhita
• English prose translation by Manmatha Nath Dutt , Elysium Press, Calcutta, 1907