Exploring the Yogasutra —— Philosophy and Translation

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ISBN: 9781441122124 出版年：2012 页码：185 Daniel Raveh Bloomsbury Publishing

Patañjali's Yogasutra is an ancient canonic Indiantext composed in Sanskrit in the 3rd or 4th century. Belonging to a verydifferent cultural milieu, this multi-layered text is philosophical,psychological and practical in nature. Offering a philosophical reading ofPatañjali's Yogasutra, this book discusses themes such as freedom, self-identity, timeand transcendence, and translation - between languages, cultures and eras. Drawing substantially upon contemporary Indian materials, it discussesfor the first time classical yoga as reflected upon by Daya Krishna (1924-2007)with constant reference to Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya's (1875-1949) studiesin yoga philosophy. The genuine attempt on behalf of these two originalthinkers to engage philosophically with Patañjala-yoga sets the tone of thetextual exploration provided here. This book features a new annotated translation ofthe Yogasutra, and the author provides a useful background to the extensive Samkhya terminologyemployed by Patañjali. Daniel Raveh also offers a close reflection of the veryact of translation, and the book concludes with suggestions for further readingand a glossary of central notions.