Exploring the Yogasutra
Subtitle: philosophy and translation
By: Daniel Raveh
Contributors: Patañjali
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781441122124; 9781441146229
Subjects: Yoga
Description: "Patañjali's Yogasutra is an ancient canonic Indian text composed in Sanskrit in the 3rd or 4th century. Belonging to a very different cultural milieu, this ulti-layered text is philosophical, psychological and practical in nature. Offering a philosophical reading of Patañjali's Yogasutra, this book discusses themes such as freedom, self-identity, time and transcendence, and translation - between languages, cultures and eras. Drawing substantially upon contemporary Indian materials, it discusses for the first time classical yoga as reflected upon by Daya Krishna (1924-2007) with constant reference to Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya's (1875-1949) studies in yoga philosophy. The genuine attempt on behalf of these two original thinkers to engage philosophically with Patañjala-yoga sets the tone of the textual exploration provided here."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.