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When was Svatmarama born?

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Svatmarama is known only as the compiler of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a text the manuscript evidence places around 1400 CE. No source independent of the text names a birth year, a birthplace or a patron, and even his name may describe a spiritual role rather than record a birth name.

What would resolve this A manuscript colophon, inscription or independent Natha lineage record naming Svatmarama's birth year, distinct from the composition date of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika itself.
OpenHistory of yoga, Sanskrit textual studiesJames Mallinson and Mark Singleton (trans. and eds.), Roots of Yoga
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Source Roots of YogaJames Mallinson and Mark Singleton (trans. and eds.)
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Roots of Yoga
James Mallinson and Mark Singleton (trans. and eds.), Penguin Classics, 2017View the Source
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