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The Yogasūtra of Patañjali : A New Introduction to the Buddhist Roots of the Yoga System.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (251 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781000041613
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Yogasūtra of PatañjaliDDC classification:
  • 181.452
LOC classification:
  • B132.Y6 .G654 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 On meditative absorption ( Samādhipādaḥ ) -- 2 On means ( Sādhanapādaḥ ) -- 3 On supernormal powers ( Vibhūtipādaḥ ) -- 4 On isolation ( Kaivalyapādaḥ ) -- 5 Concluding observations -- Appendix I: Buddhist conceptions of meditation, yoga and bodhisattva's spiritual journey vis-à-vis Pātañjala-yoga -- Appendix II: Asaṅga on forms of supernormal knowledge and powers (abhijñās and ŗddhis) -- Appendix III: Discrepancies between Patañjali's aphorisms and Vyāsa's interpretations -- Glossary -- Aids to reading romanized Sanskrit -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book offers a systematic study of the Buddhist roots of Pātañjalayoga or the Yoga system of Patañjali. By examining each of 195 aphorisms (sutras) of the Yogasūtra of Patañjali, it shows that it contains elements rooted in the orthodox as well as heterodox traditions.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 On meditative absorption ( Samādhipādaḥ ) -- 2 On means ( Sādhanapādaḥ ) -- 3 On supernormal powers ( Vibhūtipādaḥ ) -- 4 On isolation ( Kaivalyapādaḥ ) -- 5 Concluding observations -- Appendix I: Buddhist conceptions of meditation, yoga and bodhisattva's spiritual journey vis-à-vis Pātañjala-yoga -- Appendix II: Asaṅga on forms of supernormal knowledge and powers (abhijñās and ŗddhis) -- Appendix III: Discrepancies between Patañjali's aphorisms and Vyāsa's interpretations -- Glossary -- Aids to reading romanized Sanskrit -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book offers a systematic study of the Buddhist roots of Pātañjalayoga or the Yoga system of Patañjali. By examining each of 195 aphorisms (sutras) of the Yogasūtra of Patañjali, it shows that it contains elements rooted in the orthodox as well as heterodox traditions.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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