Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Concordance Dictionary of Yoga Sutra



This book is an alphabetic index cum comprehensive dictionary of the techinical terms from Patanajali Yoga and Vyasa' commentary on it. In this dictionary, Dr. Bhagavan Das, an eminent Sanskrit scholar and philosopher who has authored more than 30 books, has given all possible meanings of the Sanskrit words in English based on his study of the vast literature on Yoga.

Yoga is one of the six major darsanas of ancient India. Patanjali Yoga Sutra is a foundational text of Yoga darsana. Patanjali expounds Yoga darsana in 4 chapters consisting of 196 sutras. Yoga as expounded by Patanjali is also known as "ashtangayoga" since there are 8 limbs to this yoga. Vyasa's Bhashya is the most popular commentary on Patanjali's Sutras.

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