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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pātañjalayogaśāstra (when combined with Vyāsa’s Bhāṣya) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pātañjalayogaśāstra (when combined with Vyāsa’s Bhāṣya) Context triple: [Yoga Sūtra, alsoKnownAs, Pātañjalayogaśāstra (when combined with Vyāsa’s Bhāṣya)]
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Yogavarttika
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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Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a seminal 15th-century Sanskrit manual on hatha yoga that systematizes postures, breath control, and subtle body practices within the Nath yogi tradition.
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The Synthesis of Yoga
The Synthesis of Yoga is Sri Aurobindo’s major philosophical and spiritual work that systematically integrates various traditional paths of yoga into a comprehensive vision of integral yoga aimed at the transformation of human consciousness.
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Sri Bhashya
Sri Bhashya is Ramanujacharya’s authoritative Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras, foundational to the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta philosophy.
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Letters on Yoga
Letters on Yoga is a multi-volume collection of Sri Aurobindo’s detailed spiritual and philosophical correspondence explaining his integral yoga and its practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pātañjalayogaśāstra (when combined with Vyāsa’s Bhāṣya) Target entity description: 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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A.
Yogavarttika
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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B.
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a seminal 15th-century Sanskrit manual on hatha yoga that systematizes postures, breath control, and subtle body practices within the Nath yogi tradition.
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C.
The Synthesis of Yoga
The Synthesis of Yoga is Sri Aurobindo’s major philosophical and spiritual work that systematically integrates various traditional paths of yoga into a comprehensive vision of integral yoga aimed at the transformation of human consciousness.
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D.
Sri Bhashya
Sri Bhashya is Ramanujacharya’s authoritative Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras, foundational to the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta philosophy.
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E.
Letters on Yoga
Letters on Yoga is a multi-volume collection of Sri Aurobindo’s detailed spiritual and philosophical correspondence explaining his integral yoga and its practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| 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
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| 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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