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| name = Paramahamsa Madhavdas<br>परमहंस माधवदास<br />
| image = Paramahamsa Madhavdasji.jpg<br />
| caption = Photo of the Bengali yogi Paramahamsa Madhavdasji, sometime between 1900 and 1920 but the exact date is unknown.<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| founder = <br />
| known_for = Pioneering [[modern yoga]]<br>[[Hatha yoga]]<br />
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| birth_date = 1798<br />
| birth_place = [[Phulia]], near [[Shantipur]], [[Nadia]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1921|1798}}<br />
| death_place = Malsar, near [[Vadodara|Baroda]], Gujarat<br />
| order = [[Vaishnavism]]<br />
| school = [[Yoga]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| honors = [[Paramahamsa]], Maharaj<br />
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| disciples = [[Shri Yogendra]]<br> [[Swami Kuvalayananda]]<br />
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'''Paramahamsa Madhavdasji''' or '''Paramahamsa Madhavdas''' (1798–1921) was an Indian [[yogi]], [[yoga guru]] and Hindu monk in the 19th century. He was born in 1798 in [[Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tiwari |first1=Sanjay |title=योग पुनर्जागरण के युग पतंजलि: परमहंस माधवदास बाबा |url=https://hindi.oneindia.com/opinion/international-yoga-day-2022-history-of-paramhansa-madhavdas-baba-guru-of-yoga-688622.html?story=4 |work=[[OneIndia]] |date=June 20, 2022 |language=Hindi}}</ref> He was initiated as a [[sadhu]] (monk) and entered the order of [[Vaishnavism]]. He traveled across India on foot for nearly 35 years for knowledge of the practice of yoga.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lohar |first1=Dr. Ratna |last2=Lohar |first2=Jagdish |title=Yogah Chitta Vritti Nirodhah |date=2022 |publisher=FanatiXx Publication |pages=124, 125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmleEAAAQBAJ&dq=Paramahamsa+Madhavdasji&pg=PA124}}</ref> His notable disciple includes [[Swami Kuvalayananda]]<ref>{{cite book |author1=Mas Vidal |title=Sun, Moon and Earth The Sacred Relationship of Yoga and Ayurveda |date=2016 |publisher=Lotus Press |isbn=9780940676404 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aO3FDQAAQBAJ&dq=Paramahamsa+Madhavdasji&pg=PT133}}</ref> and [[Shri Yogendra]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Swami Satyananda Saraswati |author1-link=Swami Satyananda Saraswati |title=Las bases del yoga El origen del hatha-yoga, los nathas, y su expansión en Occidente |date=2021 |publisher=Editorial Kairós |isbn=9788499889467 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wt9SEAAAQBAJ&dq=Paramahamsa+Madhavdasji&pg=PT253}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He was born in 1798 to a [[Mukhopadhyaya]] family in the village of [[Phulia]], near [[Shantipur]], in the [[Nadia district|Nadia District]] of present-day [[West Bengal]]. He was a descendant of [[Krittibas Ojha|Krittiwas Ojha]] [first writer of Ramayan in Bengali language]. He worked as a clerk in the judicial department but later quit the job. After travelling through [[Assam]], Tibet, the [[Himalayas]] and various other places in India, he had an opportunity to have first-hand knowledge of yoga techniques. He was originally a follower of [[Bhakti movement|Bhakti]] order of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]], but later followed the [[Vaishnavism]] order influenced by [[Gauranga]].<br />
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In 1869, Madhavdas joined a large [[Sadhu ]]community, who elected him as their leader at [[Vrindavan]] (now in [[Uttar Pradesh]]) in 1881. But Madhavdas was not satisfied with these activities among the [[Sadhu|sadhus]]. He was eager to reduce the sufferings of the commoner. Later, he came to Gujarat and started teaching yoga [[vedanta]]. He eventually settled in the village of Malsar near [[Baroda]] on the banks of the [[Narmada River]] in [[Gujarat]], where he taught the secrets of practicing yoga to a few selected and deserving disciples. Madhavadas died in 1921, at the age of 123.{{cn|date=December 2024}}<br />
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== Madhavdas Vacuum ==<br />
A noted researcher of [[Kaivalyadhama Health and Yoga Research Center]], [[Swami Kuvalayananda]], discovered the creation of negative pressure in the colon during [[nauli]], one of the yoga ''[[Kriyā|kriyas]]'', for the first time in 1924. The discovery of a [[partial vacuum]] in the colon during nauli was named the ''Madhavdas Vacuum'' after Madhavdas by [[Swami Kuvalayananda]].<ref>Kuvalayananda Swami. Barometric Experiments on Nauli: Madhavdas Vacuum – Yoga Mimamsa Vol. I: No. 1 & 2; pp. 27 – 28 and 96 – 100 (1924)</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Historicizing Yoga |url=http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s7886.pdf |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |pages=17, 27, 30}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/11114/paramahamsa-madhavadasaji Who is Paramahamsa Madhavadasaji?] at ''Yogapedia''<br />
* [https://yujyate.org/listing/paramahansa-sri-madhavadasji-maharaj/ Paramahansa Sri Madhavadasji Maharaj] at ''Yujyate''<br />
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