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The Yoga sūtras of Patañjali : a new edition, translation, and commentary with insights from the traditional commentators / Edwin F. Bryant.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryant, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Patañjali. Yogasūtra.
- Patañjali.
- Yoga.
- Physical Description:
- lxvii, 598 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : North Point Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- Text and commentary in English; Sanskrit text with English translation.
- Contents:
- The history of yoga
- Yoga prior to Patañjali
- The Vedic period
- Yoga in the Upaniṣads
- Yoga in the Mahābhārata
- Yoga and Sāṅkhya
- Patañjali's yoga
- Patañjali and the six schools of Indian philosophy
- The Yoga sūtras as a text
- The commentaries on the Yoga sūtras
- The subject matter of the Yoga sūtras
- The dualism of yoga
- The Sāṅkhya metaphysics of the text
- The goals of yoga
- The eight limbs of yoga
- The present translation and commentary
- Meditative absorption
- Practice
- Mystic powers
- Absolute independence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Patañjali. Yogasūtra. English & Sanskrit
- ISBN:
- 9780865477360
- 0865477361
- OCLC:
- 243544645
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