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Yoga: Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali
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Yoga: Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali Paperback - 1998

by Patanjali

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Dating from about the third century A.D., the "Yoga Sutra" distills the essence of the physical and spiritual discipline of yoga into fewer than 200 brief aphorisms. This new translation by one of the leading Sanskrit scholars of our time makes the work accessible at last.

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  • Title Yoga: Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali
  • Author Patanjali
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bantam, U.S.A.
  • Date 1998-03-02
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0553374281.G
  • ISBN 9780553374285 / 0553374281
  • Weight 0.27 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.38 in (21.08 x 13.46 x 0.97 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Yoga - Early works to 1800
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97030455
  • Dewey Decimal Code 181.452

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Until her death in 1993, Barbara Stoler Miller was Samuel R. Milbank Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, Columbia University. A leading translator of Sanskrit literature and well-versed in Indian music and art, Dr. Miller edited and translated numerous works of poetry and drama, including her much-praised translation of the Bhagavad-Gita. Dr. Miller studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Barnard College and held a doctorate in Sanskrit and Indic Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She taught at Barnard for twenty-five years.

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The first four aphorisms define the nature of yoga as a state of mental tranquility and spiritual freedom, as well as the means to achieve this state.

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Dating from about the third century A.D., the "Yoga Sutra distills the essence of the physical and spiritual discipline of yoga into fewer than two hundred brief aphorisms. It is the core text for any study of meditative practice, revered for centuries for its brilliant analysis of mental states and of the process by which inner liberation is achieved. Yet its difficulties are legendary, and until now, no translation has made it fully accessible.


This new translation, hailed by "Yoga Journal for its "unsurpassed readability," is by one of the leading Sanskrit scholars of our time, whose "Bhagavad Gita has become a recognized classic. It includes an introduction to the philosophy and psychology underlying the "Yoga Sutra, the full text with explanatory commentary, and a glossary of key terms in Sanskrit and English.

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Until her death in 1993, Barbara Stoler Miller was Samuel R. Milbank Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, Columbia University. A leading translator of Sanskrit literature and well-versed in Indian music and art, Dr. Miller edited and translated numerous works of poetry and drama, including her much-praised translation of the Bhagavad-Gita. Dr. Miller studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Barnard College and held a doctorate in Sanskrit and Indic Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She taught at Barnard for twenty-five years.