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Get introduced to “Hatha Yoga Pradipika” or “Light on Hatha Yoga”. Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a famous text on Hatha yoga which was written by Swami Svatmarama. Swami Svatmarama was a disciple of Swami Gorakhnath. The time of the composition of the text may be around the fifteenth century. Like Gheranda Samhita and the Shiva Samhita, it is also one classic treatise on Hatha yoga. Svatmarama synthesized the older Sanskrit concepts in his text. The text is based on asanas and pranayama, mudra, bandha, and sound meditation techniques. Hatha Yoga Pradipika lists 35 earlier Hatha yoga masters, including Adinatha, Matsyendranatha, and Goraksanatha, etc.