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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Contents
Foreword by B.K.S. Iyengar
Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide
The History of Yoga
Yoga Prior to Patañjali
The Vedic Period
Yoga in the Upanisads
Yoga in the Mahābhārata
Yoga and Sānkhya
Patañjali’s Yoga
Patañjali and the Six Schools of Indian Philosophy
The Yoga Sūtras as a Text
The Commentaries on the Yoga Sūtras
The Subject Matter of the Yoga Sūtras
The Dualism of Yoga
The Sānkhya Metaphysics of the Text
The Goals of Yoga
The Eight Limbs of Yoga
The Present Translation and Commentary
CHAPTER I: MEDITATIVE ABSORPTION
CHAPTER II: PRACTICE
CHAPTER III: MYSTIC POWERS
CHAPTER IV: ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENCE
Concluding Reflections
Chapter Summaries
Appendix: Devanāgarī, Transliteration, and Translation of Sūtras
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms and Names
Word Index
Acknowledgments
Praise for The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali
About the Author
Also by Edwin F. Bryant
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