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Yogasūtra
योगसूत्र
- Author
- Patanjali
- Period
- Commonly placed in the early centuries CE (dating debated)
- Tradition
- Yoga
Summary
A compact set of sutras defining yoga as the stilling of the movements of the mind and setting out the eight limbs (ashtanga) of practice. It draws on Sankhya metaphysics. The commentary attributed to Vyasa is read as inseparable from the sutras in the tradition.
Structure
195 or 196 sutras in four chapters (padas).
Where to read
Translations with the Vyasa commentary by J. H. Woods (1914) and by Edwin Bryant (2009).