An Introduction to the Yogasūtra |
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abhyasa accepted According acquiring aforesaid alasya ancient teachers angas aparigraha argument arise authorship Bahuvrihi belong Bhāṣya Bhāṣya passage Bhattacharya Bhoja Buddha Buddhistic called citta commentary commentators composed compound connection contains the word dhāraṇā dhyāna dirgha doctrines dravya duḥkha entities example expression fifth case-ending fourth chapter gotra grammarian gunas Hiranyagarbha identity indicates isvara jñāna kaivalya known later literary composition Mahabharata Mahābhāṣya means mentioned modern scholars nature original pāda Pāṇini Patanjali person plural number prakṛti prāṇāyāma pravṛtti printed reading propounded proved Purāņas Puranic quoted ratna reason refers refutation regarded remarks samādhi Samaveda Samkhya samyama sastra sense sentence shows siddhis similar smṛti speaks sphota Śruti statement supernormal powers sūtra taken Tantra topic tradition upāyas Vacaspati vairagya vārtā vastu verse vide Vivarana comm vṛtti Vyasabhāṣya wrong yoga Yoga philosophy yoga practice Yogasūtra yogic yogin इति तु वा