The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

by Patanjali
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

by Patanjali

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Overview

The ‘Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali’ are 196 Indian sūtras (aphorisms) that constitute the foundational text of Ashtanga Yoga, also called Raja Yoga. In medieval times, Ashtanga Yoga was cast as one of the six orthodox āstika schools of Hindu philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681463629
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Publication date: 08/24/2015
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 90
Sales rank: 104,287
File size: 506 KB

Table of Contents

Preface
1.Reasons for taking up the workix
2.Difficulties of comprehending the workix
3.Difficulties of styleix
4.Translation of technical termsx
5.Punctuationx
6.Texts and manuscriptsxi
7.Acknowledgementsxi
Introduction
1.Authorship of the Yoga-sutras: The two Patanjalisxiii
2.Tradition of their identity not earlier than tenth centuryxiii
3.Comparison of philosophical concepts does not confirm the traditionxv
4.Date of the Sutras (between A. D. 300 and 500)xvii
5.Date of the Bhasya (between A. D. 650 and 850)xx
6.Date of Vacaspatimicra's Tattva-vaicaradi (about A. D. 800 to 850)xxi
Analytical Summary of the Yoga-sutras
1.Book 1, Concentration (samadhi)xxiv
2.Book 2, Means of attainment (sadhana)xxv
3.Book 3, Supernormal powers (vibhuti)xxvii
4.Book 4, Isolation (kaivalya)xxviii
The Yoga-sutras translated without the Comment or the Explanation
Being the Sutras translated in groups, with group-headings by translatorxxx
Translation of Patanjali's Yoga-sutras or Mnemonic Rules: Together with the Comment or Yoga-bhasya, attributed to Veda-vyasa And Vacaspatimicra's Explanation or Tattva-vaicaradi
1.Book 1, Concentration (samadhi)1
2.Book 2, Means of attainment (sadhana)101
3.Book 3, Supernormal powers (vibhuti)201
4.Book 4, Isolation (kaivalya)297
Appendixes
1.Bibliography of works referred to in this volume351
2.Index of quotations in the Comment, in the order of citation359
3.Index of the same grouped according to their sources361
4.Index of quotations in the Tattva-vaicaradi, in the order of citation362
5.Index of the same grouped according to their sources364
6.Quotations not yet traced to their sources365
7.Index of words in the Yoga-sutras366
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