Yogavarttika

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Sanskrit commentary commentary on the Yoga Sutras philosophical text

Yogavarttika is a seminal Sanskrit commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras that offers a detailed and philosophically rich exposition of classical Yoga, traditionally attributed to the scholar Vijnanabhikshu.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Vijñānabhikṣu’s Yogavārttika	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sanskrit commentary ⓘ commentary on the Yoga Sutras ⓘ philosophical text ⓘ
aimsTo	clarify Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras ⓘ reconcile Yoga with Vedanta ⓘ
associatedWith	Vijnanabhikshu’s other commentaries ⓘ Yoga scholastic tradition ⓘ
author	Vijnanabhikshu NERFINISHED ⓘ
commentaryOn	Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoga Sutras of Patanjali NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	arguments on the nature of self and consciousness ⓘ interpretive discussions of key Yoga concepts ⓘ verse-by-verse commentary on Yoga Sutras ⓘ
describedAs	detailed exposition of classical Yoga ⓘ philosophically rich exposition of Yoga ⓘ seminal commentary on the Yoga Sutras ⓘ
focusesOn	Ishvara (Lord) in Yoga ⓘ Yoga metaphysics ⓘ classical Yoga practice ⓘ eight-limbed Yoga (ashtanga yoga) NERFINISHED ⓘ ethical disciplines of Yoga ⓘ karma and rebirth ⓘ kleshas (afflictions) ⓘ liberation (moksha) ⓘ meditative absorption (samadhi) ⓘ nature of purusha and prakriti ⓘ
genre	commentarial literature ⓘ
hasForm	prose commentary ⓘ
influencedBy	Sankhya philosophy ⓘ Vedanta philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences	later Yoga commentators ⓘ modern scholarship on Yoga philosophy ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation	Bhedabheda Vedanta NERFINISHED ⓘ Sankhya-Yoga synthesis ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Classical Yoga NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoga philosophy ⓘ
preservedIn	Sanskrit manuscripts ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
religiousContext	Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn	Indology NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asian studies ⓘ philosophy departments ⓘ religious studies ⓘ
textType	exegetical work ⓘ
timePeriod	early modern period of Indian philosophy (approximate) ⓘ
traditionalAttribution	Vijnanabhikshu NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	contemporary researchers of Yoga ⓘ traditional Yoga scholars ⓘ

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Vijnanabhikshu → wroteCommentaryOn → Yogavarttika ⓘ

Yoga Sūtra → commentaryTradition → Yogavarttika ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vijñānabhikṣu’s Yogavārttika