Reference
Pranayama Biblio
A working bibliography for prāṇāyāma study — primary texts and modern scholarship.
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Bhagavad Gita. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Nilgiri Press, 2007.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. In The Principal Upanishads. Trans. S. Radhakrishnan. Harper Collins Publishers India, 1994.
Chandogya Upanishad. In The Principal Upanishads. Trans. S. Radhakrishnan. Harper Collins Publishers India, 1994.
Gheranda Samhita. Trans. James Mallinson. YogaVidya.com, 2004.
Goraksha Shataka. Ed. and trans. Swami Kuvalayananda and S.A. Shukla. Kaivalyadhama S.M.Y.M. Samiti, 1958.
Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Trans. Pancham Sinh. 1915. 4th ed., Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1992.
Katha Upanishad. In The Upanishads. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Nilgiri Press, 2007.
Maitri Upanishad. In The Principal Upanishads. Trans. S. Radhakrishnan. Harper Collins Publishers India, 1994.
Prasna Upanishad. In The Principal Upanishads. Trans. S. Radhakrishnan. Harper Collins Publishers India, 1994.
Shiva Samhita. Trans. James Mallinson. YogaVidya.com, 2007.
Shiva Svarodaya. Trans. Ram Kumar Rai. Prachya Prakashan, 1980.
Svetasvatara Upanishad. In The Upanishads. Trans. Eknath Easwaran. Nilgiri Press, 2007.
Vasistha Samhita (Yoga Kanda). Ed. Swami Maheshananda, B.R. Sharma, G.S. Sahay and R.K. Bodhe. Rev. ed. Kaivalyadhama S.M.Y.M. Samiti, 2005.
Yoga Bija. Ed. and trans. Brahmamitra Awasthi. Swami Keshananda Yoga Institute, 1985.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Trans. Edwin F. Bryant. North Point Press, 2009.
Yoga Yajnavalkya. Trans. A.G. Mohan with Ganesh Mohan. Svastha Yoga, 2013.
Secondary Sources
Alter, Joseph S. Yoga in Modern India: The Body Between Science and Philosophy. Princeton University Press, 2004.
Eliade, Mircea. Yoga: Immortality and Freedom. Trans. Willard R. Trask. Princeton University Press, 2009.
Feuerstein, Georg. The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice. Hohm Press, 2001.
Iyengar, B.K.S. Light on Pranayama: The Yogic Art of Breathing. Crossroad Publishing Company, 1981.
Mallinson, James and Mark Singleton. Roots of Yoga. Penguin Classics, 2017.
Saraswati, Swami Satyananda. Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha. 4th rev. ed. Yoga Publications Trust, 2013.
White, David Gordon. The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: A Biography. Princeton University Press, 2014.