Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali With The Exposition of Vyasa (Set of 2 Books)

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Publisher : The Himalayan International Institute Of Yoga Science And Philosophy Of The U.S.A., The Himalayan International Institute And Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
Author : Swami Veda Bharati
Language : English
Pages : 1427
Cover : PAPERBACK
Dimension : 9.5x6 inch
Weight : 2.17 kg
Edition : 2015
ISBN : 9780893890926, 9788120820692

Back of The Book

Designed expressly for the serious practitioner of yoga, this is an outstanding work of scholarship that is meant to be eminently practical even to those students who have no previous familiarity with the Yoga sutras.
This volume the first of multi volume work contains an extremely valuable and highly readable general introduction that includes an overview of Samkhya-Yoga, as well as an extensive Glossary and index.
For each sutra a word by word translation is supplied followed by vyasa's commentary and then the author's discussion which presents the views of more than a dozen preeminent commentators in the process of explicating and clarifying the text.

 About The Author

Swami Veda Bharati was born in 1933 in Dehradun, India, and raised in the centuries-old Sanskrit tradition. Holding a BA and MA (London) and DLitt (Holland), Swami Veda Bharati has been a world-renown teacher for over 60 years. Initiated into sanyasa in 1992 by his master, Sri Swami Rama, Swami Veda Bharati is the spiritual director of Sadhana Mandir and Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, both in Rishikesh. A prolific writer and speaker, he is author to numerous books, including Yoga-sutras of Patanjali, Philosophy of Hatha Yoga, and God.