Amrtasiddhiyogah

Amrtasidhiyogah is a treatise on siddhayoga. According to its colophon it is composed by a siddhayogi whose name is Virupaksa Siddha. The word Siddha indicated that he is related to the Siddha Sampradaya. Actually the members of this sampradaya were followers of Goraksanatha who is said to have been a great were followers of Goraksanatha who is said to have been a great yogi of the Nathasampradaya. Here, in this book, Goraksanathahas been mentioned to be the guru of the siddhas. The subject matter of this book is a kind of yoga whose practitioners hold that this human body is a miniature form of the whole universe. For it is said: Trailokye yani tattvani tani sarvani dehatah(What exists in the three worlds can be found in human body). so the author describes, one by one, sariravivekah, candra, candrasurya, vahni, bija, citta, mahamudra, mahabandha, guna, vayu etc. The author describes some yogic bandhas and mudras and some way of meditation also for the benefit of practitioners to achieve amratasiddhi and esoteric power through the practice of them.