Yogasūtrabhāṣya, circa 1700-1850; योगसूत्रभाष्य,१७००-१८५०

Contributor:

Patañjali (attributed name)

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is a philosophical work on Yoga and Sāṃkhya principles attributed to the (likely) 4th century A.D. author Patañjali and consists of his commentary (Bhāṣya) on his Yogasūtra as well as a super commentary by Vācaspatimiśra. Manuscript is incomplete.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Yoga; Sankhya

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

commentaries; treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (38 leaves) : paper; 13 x 29 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from abbreviations in margins; alternate title Yogabhāṣya from title page (f. 1r); title of super commentary Yogabhāṣyaṭīkā from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 7-13 lines per leaf.; 38 leaves foliated 1-33, 76-77, 81-83, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī); Related Work: Vācaspatimiśra, 1420-1490. Yogabhāṣyaṭīkā.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1924

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts