One of yoga's most important and influential works, The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali forms a keystone of Indian philosophical and religious thought. Written by a sage in the second century B.C., the sutras have been translated many times. This interpretation by Professor James Haughton Woods, originally published under the aegis of the highly esteemed Harvard Oriental Series, ranks among the most acclaimed translations. Patañjali's path is that of Raja Yoga, the royal yoga, or the yoga of the eight steps: restraint, observances, posture, breath control, sublimation (or withdrawal from the senses), attention, concentration, and meditation. The complete sutras appear here, encompassing a four-part analytical study intended to purify the practitioner's mind, body, and soul. Additional features include a commentary by Veda-Vyāsa and explanations by Vāchaspati-Miҫra that are crucial to developing an understanding of Patañjali's intent, along with invaluable background information provided by the translator's introduction and appendixes. This outstanding English edition of a profound work of spiritual enlightenment is essential reading for all scholars and practitioners of yoga.
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An alphabetic index of the Sūtras themselves is given in the edition of the Bombay Sanskrit Series, and in that of the Ānandāçrama Series of Poona.—This index is designed to include all the words of the text of the Sūtras, and no others. The text is that of the Calcutta edition of Samvat 1947 (Baptist Mission Press, A.D. 1891); and accordingly pañca, for example, is included. The numbers refer to pāda and sūtra.
The Sūtras contain almost no finite verb-forms (asti, syāt, kṣῑyate, jāyante), and I have therefore put the participles, not under the verbal roots, but in their proper alphabetic place: so atῑta, apeta, udita, vῑta under a-, u-, v-, not under root i ; similarly abhijāta, āsanna, utpanna, ukta (not under vac), a-labdha (under al-) ; and so the other negatives beginning with an- or a-. On the other hand, the pronominal forms are assembled in the usual way: tat, tasya, tāḥ, sa, under tad ; asya, eṣām, under idam ; etena under etad.
api, tato ‘pi; pūrveṣām api; adhigamo ’pi; tasya‿api; viduso ‘pi; çuddho ’pi; naṣṭam api; tad api; vāirāgyād api; vyava...
Table of contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
TRANSLATION OF THE YOGA-SUTRAS WITHOUT THE COMMENT OR THE EXPLANATION - BEING THE SŪTRAS TRANSLATED IN GROUPS, TOGETHER WITH GROUP-HEADINGS ADDED BY THE TRANSLATOR
