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The present chapter deals with 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 in the discipline of Yoga. More specifically, it focuses on the meaning of the word 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 in the 笔腻迟补帽箩补濒补测辞驳补艣腻蝉迟谤补 (PY艢, late fourth or early fifth century CE), the oldest surviving Sanskrit exposition of Yoga as a soteriological system of thought from a Br膩hma峁嘺 perspective. By interpreting the two difficult and slightly obscure text passages of the PY艢 that mention 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 in the light of its older commentaries and on the basis of additional references to 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 and related conceptions in early classical 膩yurvedic and upani峁�adic literature, the chapter concludes that for 笔补迟补帽箩补濒颈 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 was a magically longevity potion prepared from unidentified herbs. The PY艢 neither refers to 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 as a branch of 膧测耻谤惫别诲补 nor to alchemy. Some commentators of the PY艢, however, interpret 笔补迟补帽箩补濒颈's mentioning of 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 differently. While V膩caspatimi艣ra in the later half of the tenth century follows the PY艢 closely, the eleventh-century commentator Bhoja relates 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 to alchemy. Finally, the eighth-century (?) commentator 艢补峁卥补谤补 relates 笔补迟补帽箩补濒颈's 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 to 膧测耻谤惫别诲补. Even though this interpretation is probably at odds with the PY艢, it is not at all a far fetched, since the obtainment of various superpowers played an important role in 膩yurvedic 谤补蝉腻测补苍补 from the time of earliest sources onwards.