Exploring the Yogasutra Philosophy and Translation [Paperback]

Pata?jali's Yogasutra is an ancient canonic Indian text composed in Sanskrit in the 3rd or 4th century. Belonging to a very different cultural milieu, this multi-layered text is philosophical, psychological and practical in nature. Offering a philosophical reading of Pata?jali's Yogasutra, this book discusses themes such as freedom, self-identity, time and transcendence, and translation - between languages, cultures and eras. Drawing substantially upon contemporary Indian materials, it discusses for the first time classical yoga as reflected upon by Daya Krishna (1924-2007) with constant reference to Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya's (1875-1949) studies in yoga philosophy. The genuine attempt on behalf of these two original thinkers to engage philosophically with Pata?jala-yoga sets the tone of the textual exploration provided here. This book features a new annotated translation of the Yogasutra, and the author provides a useful background to the extensive Samkhya terminology employed by Pata?jali. Daniel Raveh also offers a close reflection of the very act of translation, and the book concludes with suggestions for further reading and a glossary of central notions.Daniel Ravehis Lecturer of Indian and Comparative Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Acknowledgements\ Abbreviations \ List of Transliteration \ Entr?e: Translating theOther: Reflections on a Fictional Dialogue \ Introduction: Yoga, Translation,the Other \ 1. Abhyasa/Vairagya: AConceptual Investigation into the Process of Yoga \ 2. Revisiting avidyaand abhinivesa: A note on Yoga Psychology \ 3. Rethinking Praj?a: Yogasutra 1.49 under aPhilosophical Magnifying Glass \ 4. Text as a Process: A dialogue with DayaKrishna\ 5. The Undeciphered Text: Anomalies,Problems and Paradoxes in the Yogasutra by Daya Krishna \ ConciseGlossary \ Appendix I: Introduction to the Yogasutra Translation, or: why another translation? \ Appendix II: TheYogasutra in Transliteration \ Appendix III: The Yogasutra l&