Question
Download Solution PDFAmrit Kund, which deals with different exercises and practices for health, was translated into Persian under which of the following titles?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Hauz-ul Hayat.
Key Points
- Amritakunda is an ancient manual of yogic practice.
- It was translated into Persian and Arabic as Hauz-al-Hayat or Cistern of the Water of Life.
- The original translator was Ruknuddin Samarqandi from 13th-century Bengal, but the texts available now are by Gaus Gwaliori.
- Amritakunda became well-known, especially in Sufi circles.
- It now exists in over 40 Arabic recensions alone and is also quoted by later thinkers like Muhsin Fani, the author of Dabistan.
- Al-Misri described it as an important book for the study of Hindu yogic practices which had become a part of Indian Sufism.
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