The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali / / Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: al-Bīrūnī, Abū Rayḥān,
• MitwirkendeR: Gordon White, David,; Kozah, Mario,; White, David Gordon,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature ; 81
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Letter from the General Editor --; About this Paperback --; Contents --; Foreword --; Notes to the Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Map- The Indian Subcontinent --; Note on the Text --; Notes to the Introduction --; Prologue --; Chapter One --; Chapter Two --; Chapter Three --; Chapter Four --; Epilogue --; Appendix of Parallel Citations in the Taḥqīq mā li-l-Hind --; Notes --; Glossary --; Table of Correspondences --; Bibliography --; Further Reading --; Index --; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute --; About the Translator --; The Library of Arabic Literature
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781479813186; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110993752; 9783110993738; 9783110751628
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9781479813186.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī.

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.