Pātañjalayogaśāstra (when combined with Vyāsa’s Bhāṣya)
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Pātañjalayogaśāstra (when combined with Vyāsa’s Bhāṣya) is the foundational classical Sanskrit treatise on Yoga philosophy and practice, uniting Patañjali’s aphoristic sūtras with Vyāsa’s influential commentary.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu scripture
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classical Sanskrit treatise ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ yoga text ⓘ |
| aimsAt | kaivalya ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Yogasūtra with Vyāsabhāṣya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sāṅkhya philosophy ⓘ |
| authorOfSūtras | Patañjali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | foundational text of Yoga school of Hindu philosophy ⓘ |
| centralConcept | citta-vṛtti-nirodha ⓘ |
| chapter |
Kaivalya-pāda
NERFINISHED
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Samādhi-pāda NERFINISHED ⓘ Sādhana-pāda ⓘ Vibhūti-pāda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commentator | Vyāsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
aṣṭāṅgayoga
NERFINISHED
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dhyāna ⓘ dhāraṇā ⓘ niyama ⓘ pratyāhāra ⓘ prāṇāyāma ⓘ samādhi ⓘ yama ⓘ āsana ⓘ |
| discusses |
guṇa theory
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karma ⓘ kleshas (afflictions) ⓘ prakṛti ⓘ puruṣa ⓘ saṃskāras ⓘ īśvara (special puruṣa) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Pātañjalayogasūtra
NERFINISHED
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Vyāsabhāṣya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Vedānta interpretations of Yoga
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later Yoga commentarial traditions ⓘ medieval Haṭhayoga literature ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Classical Yoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
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surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| religiousContext | Hinduism ⓘ |
| structure | four pādas (chapters) ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Indologists
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practitioners of classical Yoga ⓘ |
| subject |
Yoga philosophy
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Yoga practice ⓘ |
| textType | sūtra with prose commentary ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early centuries CE (approximate) ⓘ |
| tradition | Yoga Darśana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Yoga pedagogy ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.