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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Yogasūtra (योगसूत्र) is the name of a work dealing with the Yoga system of Philosophy. It deals with—alias Yogānuśāsana or Sāṅkhya-pravacana. Original text of the Yoga doctrine. By Patañjali. Cf. North Western Provinces Catalogue. I.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
General definition (in Hinduism)
Yoga Sutra (योग सूत्र): One of the six darshanas of Hindu or Vedic schools and, alongside the Bhagavad Gita and Hatha Yoga Pradipika, are a milestone in the history of Yoga.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Yogasūtra (योगसूत्र).—aphorisms of the Yoga system of philosophy (attributed to Patañjali).
Derivable forms: yogasūtram (योगसूत्रम्).
Yogasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yoga and sūtra (सूत्र).
1) Yogasūtra (योगसूत्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—or sāṃkhyapravacana or pātañjala attributed to Patañjali. Io. 2427. Oxf. 229. Hall. p. 9. L. 2057. Khn. 58. K. 138. B. 4, 4 (and—[commentary]). Ben. 66. Bik. 569. Tu7b. 16. Kāṭm. 5 (with bhāṣya, vivaraṇa and laghubhāṣya). NW. 420. 428. Burnell. 111^b. Bh. 29 (and—[commentary]). Bhk. 29 ([fragmentary]). Bhr. 655. Oppert. 3721. 6642. 6983. Ii, 2063. 3243. 5225. 5410. 5523. 7114. Rice. 190. Peters. 3, 391. Sb. 346.
—[commentary] W. p. 186 (= Bh. 29). Pheh. 13 (bhāṣya and vṛtti). Rādh. 17. NW. 422. Oppert. 7372. 8193. Ii, 1538. 6395. Rice. 190.
—[commentary] Yogasūtrārthacandrikā or Yogacandrikā or Padacandrikā by Ananta. Hall. p. 11. L. 2127. Ben. 66. NW. 418. Burnell. 112^a.
—[commentary] Yogasudhākara by a pupil of Ānanda. Burnell. 112^a.
—[commentary] Yogavṛttisaṃgraha by Udayaṃkara. Hall. p. 11. NW. 418.
—[commentary] by Umāpati Tripāṭhin. Oudh. Xiii, 94.
—[commentary] Nyāyaratnākara or Navayogakallola by Kṣemānanda Dīkṣita. Hall. p. 12. Ben. 66 (Khimānanda).
—[commentary] by Bhāvā Gaṇeśa Dīkṣita, a disciple of Vijñānabhikṣu. Hall. p. 11. Ben. 66. NW. 418. Oudh. Xvi, 130. Rice. 190.
—[commentary] by Jñānānanda. NW. 414.
—[commentary] Yogasūtragūḍhārthadyotanikā or Yogasiddhāntacandrikā by Nārāyaṇabhikṣu. Hall. p. 11. NW. 416.
—[commentary] by Nārāyaṇatīrtha or Nārāyaṇendra Sarasvatī of Allahabād. Hall. p. 10. K. 138. Bik. 570. NW. 416. Oudh. Xiv, 88. Mentioned by himself Oxf. 237^b.
—[commentary] Pātañjalīyābhinavabhāṣya by Bhavadeva of Patna, composed in 1646. Hall. p. 10. L. 1884. 2135. Ben. 66. NW. 420.
—[sub-commentary] Yogasūtravṛttiṭippaṇa by the same. NW. 428.
—[commentary] Rājamārtaṇḍa by Bhojadeva. Io. 2427. Oxf. 229^a. Hall. p. 10. Ben. 66. Tu7b. 16. Kāṭm. 5. Rādh. 17. NW. 420. Oudh. Viii, 26. Xiii, 94. Xvi, 130. Burnell. 112^a. Bhk. 30. Oppert. Ii, 4847. 4873. 5524. 6394. 7115. 7434. 9502. Rice. 190. Peters. 1, 117. Bühler 555.
—[commentary] by Mahādeva. NW. 434.
—[commentary] Yogamaṇiprabhā by Rāmānanda Sarasvatī. Hall. p. 12. L. 2058. Oudh. 1877, 46. Iii, 18. Viii, 26. Xiv, 88. Xv, 118. Oppert. Ii, 6391. Rice. 190. Sb. 347.
—[commentary] by Rāmānandatīrtha. NW. 430.
—[commentary] Yogasūtrabhāṣya by Rāmānuja. Oudh. Xv, 118.
—[commentary] by Vṛndāvana Śukla. NW. 424.
—[commentary] by Śaṅkara. NW. 414.
—[commentary] by Sadāśiva. NW. 434.
—[commentary] Yogasūtrabhāṣya, the oldest in existence, by Vyāsa. Hall. p. 9. K. 138. Ben. 66. Bik. 569. Rādh. 17. Np. V, 118. Burnell. 111^b. Bhk. 29. 30. Poona. Ii, 263.
—[sub-commentary] Pātañjalasūtravṛttibhāṣyavyākhyā by Nāgeśa. Hall. p. 10. K. 138. NW. 420. 432. Np. V, 198. Sb. 346. In some of the lists this is given as an independant
—[commentary], which is hardly credible.
—[sub-commentary] Tilaka Pātañjalasūtrabhāṣyavyākhyā by Vācaspatimiśra. Hall. p. 9. Khn. 58. K. 138. Ben. 67. Bik. 569. Rādh. 17. NW. 422. Oudh. Xiv, 88. Np. V, 118. Burnell. 111^b. Bh. 30. Poona. Ii, 7. Oppert. Ii, 6393. C
—[sub-commentary] Pātañjalarahasya by Rāghavānanda Yati. K. 138. Ben. 66. Sb. 346. C
—[sub-commentary] Pātañjalarahasya by Śrīdharānanda Yati. Hall. p. 9. NW. 422. These two last subcommentaries require further investigation.
—[sub-commentary] Pātañjalabhāṣyavārttika or Yogavārttika by Vijñānabhikṣu. Hall. p. 10. L. 1805. NW. 418. Np. V, 118. Vi, 66. Viii, 34. Bhk. 30. Sb. 347.
Yogasūtra has the following synonyms: Yogānuśāsanasūtra.
2) Yogasūtra (योगसूत्र):—attributed to Patañjali. Bl. 164. 165. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 49. 73. Hz. 620 (two adhyāyāḥ). Io. 1448. 3061. Rgb. 564 ([fragmentary]). Stein 132.
—[commentary] Stein 132 (inc.).
—[commentary] Yogasūtrārthacandrikā by Ananta. Io. 3061.
—[commentary] Yogavṛttisaṃgraha by Udayaṃkara, son of Śivaśaṅkara. Stein 132. This
—[commentary] is quite recent.
—[commentary] Yogasūtragūḍhārthadyotikā by Nārāyaṇabhikṣu. Stein 132 (inc.).
—[commentary] by Bhavadeva. Rgb. 564 ([fragmentary]).
—[commentary] Rājamārtaṇḍa by Bhojadeva. Bl. 165. Cu. add. 897. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 49. 73. Io. 1243. 1865. 2427. Oudh. Xx, 100. Stein 132. 133.
—[commentary] Yogamaṇiprabhā by Rāmānanda Sarasvatī. Io. 529.
—[commentary] Yogasūtrabhāṣya by Vyāsa. Bh. 29. Hz. 94. Io. 1418. 2122. Stein 132. W. p. 186.
—[sub-commentary] Pātañjalasūtravṛttibhāṣyavyākhyā by Nāgeśa. Io. 1455.
—[sub-commentary] Tilaka Pātañjalasūtrabhāṣyavyākhyā by Vācaspatimiśra. Io. 1243. 1448. 2347. Rgb. 563. Stein 132.
3) Yogasūtra (योगसूत्र):—by Patañjali.
—[commentary] by Miśra Gopāla. Ulwar 754. Extr. 163.
—[commentary] Rājamārtaṇḍa by Bhoja. Ulwar 753.
—[commentary] Yogasūtrabhāṣya by Vyāsa. Ulwar 751.
—[sub-commentary] by Nāgeśa. Ulwar 752.
—[sub-commentary] by Vācaspatimiśra. Ulwar 755.
4) Yogasūtra (योगसूत्र):—by Patañjali. Ak 727. 728. As p. 106 (2 Mss.). Bc 372. 612. 613. 618. Cs 3, 17. 18. Il. Peters. 5, 296. Tb. 73. C. by Nārāyaṇatīrtha. Bd. 613. C. by Bhavadeva. As p. 106. C. Rājamārtaṇḍa by Bhojadeva. Ak 727. 728. As p. 106. Bd. 612. 618. Cs 3, 19. 21. 25. 26 (inc.). Peters. 5, 295. C. Yogamaṇiprabhā by Rāmānanda Sarasvatī. Bd. 619. Cs 3, 24. C. by Vyāsa. Cs 3, 17. Peters. 5, 296. Tb. 73.
—[sub-commentary] by Nāgojī. As p. 106.
—[sub-commentary] Tilaka by Vācaspatimiśra. As p. 106 (3 Mss.). Bc 372. Cs 3, 17. 20. Tb. 73. C
—[sub-commentary] Pātañjalarahasya by Rāghavānanda. Rep. p. 13. C
—[sub-commentary]
—by Śrīdharānanda. As p. 106.
—[sub-commentary] Pātañjalabhāṣyavārttika by Vijñānabhikṣu. As p. 106. Bc 372.
Yogasūtra (योगसूत्र):—[=yoga-sūtra] [from yoga] n. the aphorisms of the Y° system of philosophy ascribed to Patañjali
Yogasūtra (योगसूत्र):—n. das dem Patañjali zugeschriebene Sūtra über Yoga [HALL 7. 9.] [Oxforder Handschriften 229,a, No. 561. 247,a,19.] bhāṣya [270,b,34.] vyākhyāna [237,b, No. 569.] gūḍhārthadyotikā [HALL 11.] vṛtti [10.] yogasūtrārthacandrikā [11.]
Yogasūtra (योगसूत्र):—n. das dem Patañjali zugeschriebene Sūtra über Yoga. gūḍhārthadyotikā f. , candrikā f. ([Classified index]), bhāṣya n. , vṛtti f. , vyākhyāna n. und sūtrārthacandrikā f. Titel dazu gehöriger Werke.
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Nepali dictionary
Yogasūtra (योगसूत्र):—n. yogic scripture; aphorism of the yoga system of philosophy;
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