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
classical Sanskrit treatise
philosophical work
yoga text
aimsAt kaivalya
alsoKnownAs Yogasūtra with Vyāsabhāṣya
linked to: Yoga Sūtra
associatedWith Sāṅkhya philosophy
authorOfSūtras Patañjali
canonicalStatus foundational text of Yoga school of Hindu philosophy
centralConcept citta-vṛtti-nirodha
chapter Kaivalya-pāda
Samādhi-pāda
Sādhana-pāda
Vibhūti-pāda
commentator Vyāsa
linked to: Vyasa
describes aṣṭāṅgayoga
linked to: Aṣṭāṅga Yoga

dhyāna
dhāraṇā
niyama
pratyāhāra
prāṇāyāma
samādhi
yama
āsana
discusses guṇa theory
karma
kleshas (afflictions)
prakṛti
puruṣa
saṃskāras
īśvara (special puruṣa)
linked to: Ishvara
hasPart Pātañjalayogasūtra
linked to: Yoga Sūtra

Vyāsabhāṣya
influenced Vedānta interpretations of Yoga
later Yoga commentarial traditions
medieval Haṭhayoga literature
language Sanskrit
philosophicalSchool Classical Yoga
region Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia
religiousContext Hinduism
structure four pādas (chapters)
studiedBy Indologists
practitioners of classical Yoga
subject Yoga philosophy
Yoga practice
textType sūtra with prose commentary
timePeriod early centuries CE (approximate)
tradition Yoga Darśana
usedIn traditional Yoga pedagogy

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Yoga Sūtra alsoKnownAs Pātañjalayogaśāstra (when combined with Vyāsa’s Bhāṣya)