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Āsanas of the Yogacintāmaṇi: The Largest Premodern Compilation on Postural Practice
Birch, Jason. 2024. Pondicherry: EFEO, Institut français de Pondichéry. Retrieved from: Forthcoming June 2024
![The Amaraugha and Amaraughaprabodha of Gorakṣanātha: The Genesis of Haṭha and Rājayoga](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5En9TaORqdYR4-S6ygS8VNcCd1IWS948oCNcH1wdV3b5z_iBfqJq-skrAEF5lh7pTNnd2TsC0ZVoPUGFbJY1ZT7DzBxHTOlWP4boGoIlabcx-pLr5vW_W16dpx5nInfUzoLjiZCujCymU57n7G-ya_39gW6PUlvEXOuF5JK_loD7MtC3uCeDh1csXH4/w460-h640/BIRCH,%20Jason%20–%20Amaraugha%20and%20Amaraughaprabodha%20-%20Book%20Cover%20(low%20res%20v2).jpg)
The Amaraugha and Amaraughaprabodha of Gorakṣanātha: The Genesis of Haṭha and Rājayoga
Birch, Jason. 2024. Pondicherry: EFEO, Institut français de Pondichéry. Retrieved from: https://publications.efeo.fr/en/livres/1013_the-amaraugha-and-amaraughaprabodha-of-gorak-an-tha
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On the Plastic Surgery of the Ears and Nose: The Nepalese Recension of the Suśrutasaṃhitā
Wujastyk, Dominik, Jason Birch, Andrey Klebanov, Madhu K. Parameswaran, Madhusudan Rimal, Deepro Chakraborty, Harshal Bhatt, Vandana Lele, and Paras Mehta. 2023. Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/hasp.1203
![Yoga and the Traditional Physical Practices of South Asia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_CZ5Hrg_sBAp4FuNgHf1DxLtxhQLnoJbdXvUzWS3YSQVCKGrE7ez0oMw01czoH5CzDL72SUHqdzjqtrYjZMUH5djc7K3OIez2NiIe7YsFOGSz8YUuKliaytAgVMBDClTkKLch6fA1WWSyaf8q0f25Hedybtb-nSfMUmxwoFQT-gu7qWqmfulA-dJ/s1696/JoYS.V4%20cover%202023c.jpg)
Yoga and the Traditional Physical Practices of South Asia: Influence, Entanglement and Confrontation.
Birch, J. and J. Hargreaves. 2023. "Premodern Yogāsanas and Modern Postural Yoga Practice: Distinct Regional Collections of Āsanas on the Eve of Colonialism." Journal of Yoga Studies (Special Issue): 31–82. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34000/JoYS.2023.V4.01
![The [Oxford] History of Hinduism, Hindu Practice](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6jTytmeinZ_Wn3eMPT_Kw5Xw6oUuBnDzzlCsU8vSnRJRdaq1E5VFeS4rw31dGd5uocGnEs_17ZkWulzSU-PRcD3zvZnvfo4vQwG6RplCkd67tOLMEv7DPdRF86eGrT8yv57Ew5lEYD8/s550/Oxford+History+of+Hinduism+-+Hindu+Practice.jpg)
The [Oxford] History of Hinduism, Hindu Practice.
Birch, J. 2020. "The Quest for Liberation-in-Life. A Survey of Early Haṭha and Rāja Yoga." Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 8. Retrieved from: https://www.academia.edu/44672605/The_Quest_for_Liberation_in_Life_A_Survey_of_Early_Works_on_Haṭha_and_Rājayoga
![Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cxE-l2EyH9evcsR36n7OIL40CvlFZdKensJJi7fOo1e7O3IFc57G9oEmdSQhqCejAqy_GbtXQycp_DN5_yXyYQPYWXDcdbHUPIoPY6xEB2Q5gO9naK9o-FUt3bdJvFtT4vVKpl2qCrY/s458/9789004432802.jpg)
Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions. Essays in Honour of Alexis G.J.S. Sanderson.
Birch, J. 2020. "Haṭhayoga’s Floruit on the Eve of Colonialism." Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Chapter 19: 451–479. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004432802_021
![The Yoga of the <i>Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati</i>: Haṭhayoga on the Cusp of Modernity.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6kKNkvYVJ7MD0I1ccnsZCPRSPV_1MIwhdK-yNV4gHZiePbkbHNx4UbsECd2G4_BHv-Hs3XTEH4VVInufpNkg0ADWAOkRb99K8LVIePl0dLffSki_fN78cDvWW8OX3rcOVo8GnvKd5mE/s2048/00+JoYS+2019.V2+Cover.jpg)
Journal of Yoga Studies.
Birch, J. and Singleton, M. 2019. "The Yoga of the Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati: Haṭhayoga on the Cusp of Modernity." Journal of Yoga Studies, Vol. 2 (2019): 3–70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34000/JoYS.2019.V2.002
![The <i>Amaraughaprabodha</i>: New Evidence on the Manuscript Transmission of an Early Work on Haṭha- and Rājayoga.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5mlRg_KHbh72m35W0Lnw1fMtweH5IfbkofzhWyUsOD_c8Ic2GtscXDQ8fwI2ck9Vj4lCPluVqC8bWa9jNjTSNNp7gIRfArpH8XXMOZamX-qtq7JOPFaxQSh6SA2lSgA7dvedIlKFEF8/s209/3.jpg)
Journal of Indian Philosophy.
Birch, J. 2019. "The Amaraughaprabodha: New Evidence on the Manuscript Transmission of an Early Work on Haṭha- and Rājayoga." Journal of Indian Philosophy, 47 (2019): 947–977. Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-019-09401-5
![Yoga in Transformation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNF-RUGrezhW2s5bpK_hhTOS3ZIr_o-JBcjofPipNWPY4RhtTzT5D5zQwWI_hFZUZNDXMQFTTt18S9_52lyk3d2t1blJMZz-axmzIWv9lRvDOoJxTrofSCJ8-_DJ2rz43F0MB-SZMXAg/s1200/978-3-8471-0862-75b9771c1c350a_600x600%25402x.jpg)
Yoga in Transformation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.
Birch, J. 2018 (submitted 2013). "The Proliferation of Āsana-s in Late Mediaeval Yoga Texts." Vienna: V&R Vienna University Press. Chapter 3: 101–180. Retrieved from: https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/media/pdf/9f/78/68/OA_978-3-7370-0862-4.pdf
![Premodern Yoga Traditions and Ayurveda: Preliminary Remarks on Shared Terminology, Theory and Praxis.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXaPgYxLomN7EsROW8qwDiK7LisaI9wfwjSkfHRWrEiCtr5NNAyYOTlwwDglsjeFhKDk6CYiDDsQel6ROYZUBckyHMIu0HoMY9oUwcFwQP3Bkt5fx-hzcb4wyCbtdXUECrthRG9LO0Ccg/s1298/Screenshot+2020-08-05+at+15.55.40.png)
History of Science in South Asia.
Birch, J. 2018. "Premodern Yoga Traditions and Ayurveda: Preliminary Remarks on Shared Terminology, Theory and Praxis." History of Science in South Asia, Vol. 6 (April): 1–83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18732/hssa.v6i0.25
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International Journal of Hindu Studies.
Birch, J. 2013. "Rājayoga: The Reincarnations of the King of all Yogas." International Journal of Hindu Studies, (December) 17.3 (2013): 399–442. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-014-9146-x
![The Meaning of <i>Haṭha</i> in Early Haṭhayoga.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Hhms3xaRPSy3w3octQZ0hORK_WUwR3FUxCDer1FtAVMx9uh2a_30CfJQVyMr0SHRDjvMh6rK_BR5h94Eavz0ZeMj4XXmGviEFpArcXYcacqU0-SoIY8yQ4VyEXnqh8xCL60SnLmcOqc/s561/iu.png)
Journal of the American Oriental Society.
Birch, J. 2011. "The Meaning of Haṭha in Early Haṭhayoga." Journal of the American Oriental Society, (December) 131.4 (2011): 527–554. Retrieved from: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41440511
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Yoga in Practice.
Quanström, O. and Birch, J. 2011. "Universalist and Missionary Jainism: Jain Yoga of the Terapanthi Tradition." Oxford: Princeton University Press. Chapter 21: 365–382. Retrieved from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0691140863/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_boTkFbPDF8RNG
Magazine Articles
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The Yoga Bridge.
Hargreaves, J. 2018. "The Yogapradīpa: A Pre-Modern Jain “Light on Yoga”" The Yoga Bridge, 18, 1 : 7–10.
![Viveka Hefte für Yoga.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYt8yfd4WRpPcwTgqlaNSaTbCbUPtNJnEIV0GOWjAqitkjEuDcId9n5AqCYopXngESQeUpMr0t-_fEuJEA2kAMNCgBJu8tcwDtHDQuFjuldTGTiPyOSkhvrNVG-vJ7bD3AZOOE1MRd3uc/s2048/Birch%252C+J+-+Viveka+Hefte+fu%25CC%2588r+Yoga+%2528December%252C+2017%2529%252C+Vol+57+p.+6-27.jpg)
Viveka Hefte für Yoga.
An interview with Jason Birch. 2017. "The Hatha Yoga Project." Viveka Hefte für Yoga, 57 (December 2017): 6–27.
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Yoga Scotland Magazine.
Birch, J. and Hargreaves, J. 2016. "The Yamas and Niyamas: Medieval and Modern Views." Yoga Scotland Magazine, Issue 50 (May 2016).