Haṭha Pradīpikā 1.58-1.63: Mitāhāra and Conduct

Strongly stimulating, heavy, fermenting, or burdensome foods are to be avoided: anything excessively pungent, sour, salty, hot, oily, alcoholic, meat-based, or difficult to digest.

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Bitter, sour, saltish, hot, green vegetables, fermented, oily, mixed with til seed, rape seed, intoxicating liquors, fish, meat, curds, chhaasa pulses, plums, oil-cake, asafœtida (hînga), garlic, onion, etc., should not be eaten.

The following things are considered as unsalutary to the Yogis: things that are sharp, sour, pungent and hot, myrobalans, betel-nut and leaves, the ordinary conjee, oil, sesamum, mustard, liquors, fish, flesh of animals like the goat, curds, buttermilk, gram, fruit of the jujube, oil-cakes, asafoetida and garlic.

Unpassende Speise nennt man: Beissendes (wie die Kürbisart Momordica Charantia, Com.), Saures (wie die Tamarindenfrucht), Scharfes (wie der Pfeffer), Salziges, Heisses (wie Syrup, Com.), Harîtaşâka (eine Gemüseart), sauern Reisschleim, Sesamöl, Sesam, Senf, berauschende Getränke, Fische, Fleischsorten wie Ziegenfleisch etc., geronnene Milch, Buttermilch, Kulattha (eine Hülsenfrucht), Judendorn, Oelkuchen, Asa foetida, Knoblauch u. s. w.

Food is unsuitable when reheated, dry, overly salty or sour, heavy, dominated by leafy vegetables, or spoiled.

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Food heated again, dry, having too much salt, sour, minor grains, and vegetables that cause burning sensation, should not be eaten, Fire, women, travelling, etc., should be avoided.

Diet of the following nature should be avoided as being unhealthy: food that, having been once cooked, has grown cold and is heated again; that has an excess of salt and sourness; that is indigestible; and that has the leaves of the woody quassia mixed with it.

Unpassende Nahrung soll der Yogin kennen; es sind von ihm ferner zu meiden: Warmes, Rauhes, Versalzenes, Saures, verdorbene Speisen, Şâkotkața.

Unsuitable surroundings, distracting company, and ascetic extremes that merely burden the body should also be avoided.

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As said by Gorakṣa, one should keep aloof from the society of the evil-minded, fire, women, travelling, early morning bath, fasting, and all kinds of bodily exertion.

Goraksha says, he should avoid in the beginning bad company, basking near the fire during winter, sexual relations and long journeys, bathing early in the morning, fasting, and hard physical work.

Auch soll er sich zu Anfang von Feuer, Weibern und Reisen fernhalten.

Suitable foods are simple, pure, and nourishing: grains, dairy products, honey or sugar, mild vegetables, mung beans, and good water.

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Wheat, rice, barley, shâstik (a kind of rice), good corns, milk, ghee, sugar, butter, sugarcandy, honey, dried ginger, Parwal (a vegetable) the five vegetables, moong, pure water, these are very beneficial to those who practise Yoga.

The following things can be safely taken by the Yogi: Wheat, rice (there are two kinds: the first is called in Tamil, Senuel, and the second is called in Tamil, Samba, and that which is reaped in 60 days is called in Tamil, Kurway), barley, milk, ghee, sugarcandy, butter, honey, dry ginger, cucumber, and the five potherbs (called in Sanskrit jivanti), kidney beans (Payaran), and good water.

So lautet auch die Vorschrift des Goraksha: " Man vermeide die Nähe von bösen Menschen, den Gebrauch von Feuer, Weiber, das Reisen, das Morgenbad, Fasten u. s. w., und Beschäftigungen, die den Körper ermüden. " Passende Nahrung: Gute Speisen aus Weizen, Reis, Gerste, Shashtika (dem Com. zufolge eine Getreideart, die in sechzig Tagen reif wird); ferner Milch, zerlassene Butter, Sandzucker, frische Butter, Zucker, Honig, getrockneter Ingwer, die fünf Gemüse, deren erstes die Patola-Frucht ist (nach Com. heisst die PatolaFrucht vulgo paravara), Mudga u. a. und reines Wasser; das passt für einen grossen Weisen.

The yogi's food should be pleasant, nourishing, appropriate, and inwardly agreeable.

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A Yogî should eat tonics (things giving strength), well sweetened, greasy (made with ghee), milk, butter, etc., which may increase humors of the body, according to his desire.

The Yogi should take a nourishing and sweet food mixed with milk; it should be pleasing to the senses and nutritive to the Dhatus (humours.)

Nährende, süsse, fette, aus Milch bestehende, die drei humores des Körpers unterhaltende, angenehme, passende Speise soll der Yogin zu sich nehmen.