Yoga Sūtra

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The Yoga Sūtra is an influential ancient Indian text attributed to Patañjali that systematically outlines the philosophy and practice of classical yoga, including its ethical foundations, meditative disciplines, and goal of spiritual liberation.

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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2
Yoga Sūtras 2
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu scripture
Sanskrit text
philosophical text
yoga text
alsoKnownAs Pātañjalayogaśāstra (when combined with Vyāsa’s Bhāṣya)
attributedTo Patañjali
author Patañjali
centralConcept Aṣṭāṅga Yoga
eightfold path of yoga
commentaryTradition Yogavarttika
surface form: Vijñānabhikṣu’s Yogavārttika

Bhashya
surface form: Vyāsa’s Bhāṣya

Vachaspati Mishra’s Tattvakaumudi
surface form: Vācaspati Miśra’s Tattvavaiśāradī
contains eight limbs of yoga
countryOfOrigin India
dateOfComposition circa 2nd century BCE to 4th century CE
defines yoga as citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ
genre sūtra literature
goal cessation of mental fluctuations
kaivalya
moksha
hasPart Kaivalya-pāda
surface form: Kaivalya Pāda

Samādhi-pāda
surface form: Samādhi Pāda

Sādhana Pāda
Vibhūti-pāda
surface form: Vibhūti Pāda
influenced Indian philosophy
classical yoga practice
modern yoga traditions
language Sanskrit
numberOfVerses approximately 195 sūtras
ontology dualism of puruṣa and prakṛti
period Classical period of Indian philosophy
philosophicalSchool Classical Yoga
Yoga school of Hindu philosophy
regionOfOrigin Ancient India
relatedConcept Brahman
surface form: īśvara (special puruṣa)
relatedPractice Kriya Yoga
surface form: kriyā-yoga

samādhi-yoga
religiousTradition Hinduism
script Devanāgarī (in most modern editions)
structure four chapters
subject ethics
meditation
spiritual liberation
yoga philosophy
teaches absorption (samādhi)
breath control (prāṇāyāma)
concentration (dhāraṇā)
ethical restraints (yama)
meditation (dhyāna)
observances (niyama)
posture (āsana)
withdrawal of senses (pratyāhāra)

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Indian philosophy hasTextualSource Yoga Sūtra
Raja Yoga mainSubject Yoga Sūtra
subject surface form: Raja Yoga (book)
this entity surface form: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
Raja Yoga basedOn Yoga Sūtra
subject surface form: Raja Yoga (book)
this entity surface form: Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Classical Yoga hasPrimaryText Yoga Sūtra
this entity surface form: Yoga Sutra of Patanjali
Patañjali mainWork Yoga Sūtra
this entity surface form: Yoga Sūtras
Patañjali textAuthored Yoga Sūtra
this entity surface form: Yoga Sūtras
Hindu scriptures hasPart Yoga Sūtra
this entity surface form: Yoga Sutras of Patanjali