The Yoga-system of Patañjali, or, The ancient Hindu doctrine of concentra- tion of mind : embracing the mnemonic rules, called Yoga-Sūtras of Pataṅjali and the comment, called Yoga-bhāshya, attributed to Veda-Vyāsa and the explanation, called Tattva-vāiçāradī, of Vāchaspati-Miçra

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The Yoga-system of Patañjali, or, The ancient Hindu doctrine of concentra- tion of mind : embracing the mnemonic rules, called Yoga-Sūtras of Pataṅjali and the comment, called Yoga-bhāshya, attributed to Veda-Vyāsa and the explanation, called Tattva-vāiçāradī, of Vāchaspati-Miçra

translated from the original Sanskrit by James Haughton Woods

（Harvard oriental series, v. 17）

Motilal Banarsidass, 1966

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The ancient Hindu doctrine of concentration of mind

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Reprint of the 1914 ed. published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, which was issued as v. 17 of Harvard oriental series

Bibliography: p. [351]-358

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: cloth ISBN 9788120805705

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The Yogasutra of Patanjali is the basic aphoristic work of one of the six systems of Indian Philosophy. The sutra text lays down all the fundamentals of the philosophy and practice of Yoga.
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: paper ISBN 9788120805774

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Of the ancient philosophies the dualism called Sankhya, the monism of the Vedanta and the Yoga system. Kauntiya mentions Sankhya and Yoga as current in his day. But the elements of yoga, rigorous austerities and control of the senses are one of the oldest discipline in ancient beliefs to attain shakti and spiritual power. The author's work continues in the tradition of austere scholarship.

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