The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali

by Feuerstein, Georg

• ISBN13: 9780892812622
• ISBN10: 0892812621
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-12-01
• Publisher: Inner Traditions

Summary

Approximately two thousand years old, The Yoga-Sutra of Patañjali is the landmark scripture on classical yoga. The translation and commentary provided here by Georg Feuerstein are outstanding for their accessibility and their insight into the essential meaning of this ancient and complex text.

A scholar of international renown who has studied and practiced yoga since the age of fourteen, Feuerstein also brings to The Yoga-Sutra of Patañjali his experience as a professional indologist. His faithful and informed rendering of the aphorisms (sutras) is based on extensive personal research into the Sanscrit sources. Each word is explained so that the entire text becomes readily available to the western reader and student of yoga.

Author Biography

<p><br /><em>Preface to the American Edition<br /><br />Preface to the Original Edition</em><br /><br /><strong>Introduction </strong><br />Patañjali and the Exegetical Literature <br />Some Philosophical Concepts of Kriya-Yoga <br />Overview of Topics Discussed by Patañjali<br /><br /><strong>Annotated Translation</strong> <br />Chapter One: Samadhi-Pada <br />Chapter Two: Sadhana-Pada <br />Chapter Three: Vibhuti-Pada <br />Chapter Four: Kaivalya-Pada<br /><br /><strong>Continuous Translation</strong> <br /><br /><em>Word Index to the Yoga-Sutra<br /><br />Bibliography<br /><br />Guide to the Pronunciation of Sanskrit<br /><br />Index<br /><br />About the Author</em>  </p>

Table of Contents

Preface to the American Edition

Preface to the Original Edition

Introduction 
Pata񪡬i and the Exegetical Literature
Some Philosophical Concepts of Kriya-Yoga
Overview of Topics Discussed by Pata񪡬i

Annotated Translation
Chapter One: Samadhi-Pada
Chapter Two: Sadhana-Pada
Chapter Three: Vibhuti-Pada
Chapter Four: Kaivalya-Pada

Continuous Translation

Word Index to the Yoga-Sutra

Bibliography

Guide to the Pronunciation of Sanskrit

Index

About the Author