The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali / / Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī; ed. by Mario Kozah.

• VerfasserIn: al-Bīrūnī, Abū Rayḥān,
• HerausgeberIn: Kozah, Mario,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature ; 68
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 1 map

A brilliant cross-cultural Arabic interpretation of a key text of yoga philosophyThe Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is the foundational text of yoga philosophy to this day and is still 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 edition and translation into English of the Arabic translation and commentary on 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 text. 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.A bilingual Arabic-English edition.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Letter from the General Editor -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Map: The Indian Subcontinent -- A Note on the Text -- Notes to the Introduction -- The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali -- Prologue -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Epilogue -- Appendix of Parallel Citations in the Taḥqīq mā li-l-Hind -- Notes -- Glossary -- List of Corrections with Reference to the Ritter Edition -- Table of Correspondences -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Index -- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute -- About the Typefaces -- Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature -- About the Editor–Translator