Kânerî, Pûjyapâda, Nityanâtha, Nirañjana, Kapâli, Vindunâtha, and Kâka Chandîśwara. 7.

Allâma, Prabhudeva, Ghodâ, Cholî, Tintini, Bhânukî, Nârdeva, and Khanda Kâpâlika, etc. 8.

These Mahâsiddhas: "Great Adepts" or masters who have attained spiritual perfection and supernatural powers, having broken the staff of death original: "khaṇḍayitvā kāladaṇḍaṃ" — signifying they have overcome the cycle of mortality and time, roam throughout the universe. 9.

For those scorched by the endless heat of suffering, Haṭha Yoga is a sheltering hermitage. For those devoted to any form of yoga, Haṭha is the supporting tortoise In Hindu cosmology, the world is supported on the back of a great tortoise; here, Hatha Yoga is described as the essential foundation for all other spiritual practices. 10.

A Yogî: A practitioner of yoga who desires Siddhi: Success, perfection, or the attainment of spiritual powers should keep the science of Haṭha Yoga strictly secret. It is potent when kept hidden, but loses its power when revealed to the world. 11.

The Yogî should practice Haṭha Yoga in a small room, situated in a solitary place, roughly the size of a bow’s length approx. 6 feet or 4 cubits in each direction. It should be free from stones, fire, water, and disturbances of all kinds. This should be in a country where justice is properly administered, where the people are virtuous, and where food can be obtained easily and in abundance. 12.

The masters of Haṭha practice have described the ideal characteristics of a yoga hermitage as follows: it should have a small door and no holes, cracks, or crevices. It should be neither too high nor too low. It must be clean, smeared well with cow dung Traditionally used in ancient India for its antiseptic and purifying qualities, and entirely free from insects. On the outside, there should be a small hall, a raised platform, and a well, with the entire area surrounded by a wall. 13.