Essay name: Yoga-sutra with Bhashya Vivarana (study)
Author:
Susmi Sabu
Affiliation: University of Kerala / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies the enduring and relevance of Yoga in India, highlighting its evolution from a comprehensive philosophy to primarily a physical practice. It further underscores the importance of studying Yoga texts to understand its historical trajectory. Special attention is given to the Patanjala Yogasutra Bhashya Vivarana, a significant work attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.
Chapter 1 - Introduction
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Albrecht Wezler (University of Hamburg) A.Wezler has examined a different manuscript of PYSBV. He also reported the existence of yet another manuscript. 4 An article published in the Indo-Iranian Journal discusses about
the reliability of the colophon of PYSBV. He argues that, the very
title of the text (P膩ta帽jala-yogas奴tra-bh膩峁a-vivara峁嘺 of 艢a峁卥ara-
Bhagavatp膩da) given by the editors P. Rama Sastri and S.R.
Krishnamurthi Sastri itself is an error. The author strongly states
that, the data given in colophons should never be simply taken for
granted. It should be examined critically with the help of further
evidence.
He declares after a thorough examination that the
title is mentioned in the body of the text itself, viz., in the very first
prose sentence, which runs thus: athety膩di- p膩ta帽jala-yoga艣膩stra-
vivara峁嘺m膩rabhyate (The vivara峁嘺 on the P膩ta帽jala-yoga艣膩stra-
bh膩峁a which commences with the words atha and so on, is
begun). As this title has been given by Vivara峁嘺k膩ra himself in
the text, it has to be given preference over the colophons. He also
points out that this view has been previously observed by J.
Bronkhorst as well. Wezler states that, the author of PYSBV
based his commentary on a version of Y.S., which contained more
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