Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra)

by Rama Prasada | 1924 | 154,800 words | ISBN-10: 9381406863 | ISBN-13: 9789381406861

Summary: The English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (500 BCE), including Vyasa’s commentary called the Sankhya Pravachana (7th century) or Yogabhashya; and the gloss by Vachaspati Mishra (9th century) called the Tattvavaisaradi. The Yogasutra is a collection of aphorisms dealing with Samadhi (meditative absorption), Sadhana (Yoga practice), Vibhuti (powers or Siddhis), Kaivaly (isolation) and Moksha (liberation).

Alternative titles: Patañjali Yogasūtra (पतञ्जलि योगसूत्र), Pātañjalayogaśāstra (पातञ्जलयोगशास्त्र), Pātañjala-yogaśāstra, Vyāsa Sāṅkhyapravacana (साङ्ख्यप्रवचन), Sāṅkhya-pravacana, Sāṃkhyapravacana (सांख्यप्रवचन), Sāṃkhya-pravacana, Sankhya-pravacana, Samkhya-pravacana, Yogabhāṣya (योगभाष्य), Yogabhasya, Vācaspatimiśra Tattvavaiśāradī (वाचस्पतिमिश्र तत्त्ववैशारदी), Vācaspatimishra Tattvavaisharadi.

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