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A catalogue of the classical texts behind the Vedic sciences: what each one covers, how it is arranged, and the editions and translations to read it in.
Yogasūtra
योगसूत्र
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.
- Author
- Patanjali
- Period
- Commonly placed in the early centuries CE (dating debated)
- Tradition
- Yoga