Pātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇa
The 8th century Pātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇa (Sub-commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Commentary), also called the Yogasūtrabhāṣyavivaraṇa (Sub-commentary on the Commentary on the Yoga Sutras)[1] is Ādi Śaṅkara's commentary on Patanjali's own commentary, the bhāṣya, on his Yoga Sutras.[1]
As well as remarking briefly on each sutra, it gives descriptions of the 12 seated asanas named in the bhāṣya, including Dandasana, Svastikasana, and Virasana.[2]
The text was rediscovered in the 20th century, published in Madras in 1952,[3] and partly translated into English by Trevor Leggett (Book 1 in 1961, Book 2 in 1983), completed in 1990.[1] The full translation of all four books by T. S. Rukmani was published in 2001.[4] The ascription of authorship to Śaṅkara has been debated.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Leggett 2016, Foreword.
- ^ Mallinson & Singleton 2017, p. 86.
- ^ Rukmani 2001.
- ^ Rukmani 2001, Preface.
- ^ Bryant 2009, p. 41.
Sources
[edit]- Bryant, Edwin F. (2009). The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation and Commentary. New York: North Point Press. ISBN 978-0865477360.
- Leggett, Trevor Pryce (2016) [1990 (Kegan Paul)]. The Complete Commentary by Sankara on the Yoga-Sutras: The Vivarana sub-commentary to Vyasa-bhasya on the Yoga-sutras of Patanjali | A Full Translation of the Newly-Discovered Text (PDF). Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga Trust. ISBN 978-1-911467-04-5.
- Mallinson, James; Singleton, Mark (2017). Roots of Yoga. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-241-25304-5. OCLC 928480104.
- Rukmani, T. S. (2001). Yogasūtrabhāṣyavivaraṇa of Śaṅkara: Vivaraṇa text with English translation, and critical notes along with text and English translation of Patañjali's Yogasūtras and Vyāsabhāṣya. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 978-81-215-0908-4. OCLC 46352942
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