Yoga Sutras of Pataï¿½jali A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary

Name: Yoga Sutras of Pataï¿½jali A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary
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ISBN: 9780865477360

ISBN-10: 0865477361

ISBN-13: 9780865477360

Edition: 2009

Authors: Edwin F. Bryant

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A landmark new translation and edition Written almost two millennia ago, Patanjali's work focuses on how to attain the direct experience and realization of thepurusa: the innermost individual self, or soul. As the classical treatise on the Hindu understanding of mind and consciousness and on the technique of meditation, it has exerted immense influence over the religious practices of Hinduism in India and, more recently, in the West. Edwin F. Bryant's translation is clear, direct, and exact. Each sutra is presented as Sanskrit text, transliteration, and precise English translation, and is followed by Bryant's authoritative commentary, which is grounded in the classical understanding of yoga…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 7/21/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 5.56" wide x 8.26" long x 1.71" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

EDWIN F. BRYANTreceived his PhD in Indology from Columbia University. He is a professor of Hindu religion and philosophy at Rutgers University, and also teaches workshops on the yoga su- tras and other Hindu texts in yoga communities around the world.