Patanjali's Yoga Sutras:
General Introduction to Commentary
My plan is as follows for each sutra:
- to offer meanings for the Sanskrit words (meanings as found in various sources including
Monier-
Williams Sanskrit dictionary, Satchidananda, Taimni, etc. as indicated) - to give several meanings for the sutra from various translations in the hope that this will help the reader get closer to the original Sanskrit text.
- to provide commentary, from the YogaBhasya of Vyasa, and from various modern editions
- to add my own thoughts or attempts at interpretation (as much as anything this is to help me towards an understanding of the text and I may add to or change my thoughts from time to time, as a result of getting to grips with avidya)!
Abbreviations used in the commentary are as follows:
Col. Dic Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionary (an on-
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B Bernard Bouanchaud, The Essence of Yoga
D Patanjali's Yogasutras, translated by TKV Desikachar
H Swami Hariharananda Aranya, Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali (translated by P.N. Mukerji)
S The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, translation and commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda
T IK Taimni, The Science of Yoga
V Vyasa's Yoga Bhasya, as translated by PN Mukerji in Swami Hariharananda Aranya, Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali