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Description A yogi using a traditional meditation crutch, called a Stambha or Adhari, at the 2010 Kumbh Mela at Haridwar. The prop was widely used by yogis in the 16th century but is now rarely used in hatha yoga.
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James Mallinson
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: Chapter at stated academic source

Immediate source: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/35292/1/Mallinson%202020%20Yogi%20Insignia.pdf

Date of publication 2020
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Yoga using props
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) Illustrate the use of the Stambha in traditional hatha yoga (i.e. not modern yoga as exercise)
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Mallinson, an expert in Sanskrit documents and in hatha yoga, both as a scholar and as a practitioner, and widely travelled in India, states that the Stambha is rarely used; the image shown is the only one so far seen, and is presented in the cited chapter as something new to yoga research, so it isn't likely that an alternative will be found. This particular photograph is discussed along with Mallinson's research in the article.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) This is the only non-free file in the article; it is used nowhere else; it is cropped and reduced in quality from the original.
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The image is one small detail of a large book; it is presented cropped and at reduced resolution; the book is for a strictly academic audience, and university library sales of the book are not likely to be affected by one fuzzily-reproduced image.
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