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The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali
Authors:
Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (author)
,
Mario Kozah (translator)
,
David Gordon White (foreword)
,
Kevin van Bladel (editor)
,
Shawkat M. Toorawa (editor)
Series:
Library of Arabic Literature
ISBN:
9789395474672
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2026
Pages:
136
Size:
15 x 23 x 2 cm
Weight:
328 grams
Price:
INR
895
806.00
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About the Book
A brilliant cross-cultural interpretation of a key text of yoga philosophy.
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali
is the foundational text of yoga philosophy, used by millions of yoga practitioners and students worldwide. Written in a question-and-answer format,
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali
deals with the theory and practice of yoga and the psychological question of the liberation of the soul from attachments.This book is a new rendering into English of the Arabic translation and commentary of this text by the brilliant eleventh-century polymath al-Bīrūnī. Given the many historical variants of the
Yoga Sutras
, his
Kitāb Bātanjali
is important for yoga studies as the earliest translation of the Sanskrit. It is also of unique value as an Arabic text within Islamic studies, given the intellectual and philosophical challenges that faced the medieval Muslim reader when presented with the intricacy of composition, interpretation, and allusion that permeates this translation.
About the Authors
Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī
Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (d. ca. 442/1050) was an accomplished Iranian scholar and polymath.
Mario Kozah
Mario Kozah is Assistant Professor of Islamic History and Civilization at the Department of Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University. His publications include a monograph on al-Bīrūnī titled
The Birth of Indology as an Islamic Science: Al-Bīrūnī’s Treatise on Yoga Psychology
.
David Gordon White
David Gordon White is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Comparative Religions at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of
Yoga in Practice
and
The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: A Biography
.
Kevin van Bladel
Shawkat M. Toorawa
Editorial Reviews
“This book tackles an element of the
Bhagavadgītā
, namely Kṛṣṇa's smile as he is just about to start his instruction of Arjuna right before the fratricidal war on Kurukṣetra. As the authors note, this is a most interesting detail in the text and its setting—the
Mahābhārata
—yet one that has been entirely overlooked by scholarship. The authors provide a convincing analysis of the significance of Kṛṣṇa's smile and its poignant function of marking a transition from silence to instruction, as well as a very useful contextualization in the wider currents of South Asian culture and literature.”
—Aleksandar Uskokov, Yale University
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