The Yogasūtra of Patañjali: A New Introduction to the Buddhist Roots of the Yoga System
Author:   Pradeep P. Gokhale (Departments of Philosophy and Pali, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367408985


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   28 May 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Pradeep P. Gokhale (Departments of Philosophy and Pali, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367408985


ISBN 10:   0367408988
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   28 May 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. On Meditative Absorption (Samādhipādaḥ) 2. On Means (Sādhanapādaḥ) 3. On Supernormal Powers (Vibhūtipādaḥ) 4. On Isolation (Kaivalyapādaḥ) 5. Concluding Observations. Appendix I: Buddhist Conceptions of Meditation, Yoga and Bodhisattva’s Spiritual Journey vis-à-vis Pātañjala-yoga. Appendix II: Asaṅga on Forms of Supernormal Knowledge and Powers (Abhijñās and Ŗddhis). Appendix III: Discrepancies between Patañjali’s Aphorisms and Vyāsa’s Interpretations. Glossary. Aids to Reading Romanised Sanskrit. Bibliography. Index

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Pradeep P. Gokhale is Honorary Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Pali, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. He has thirty-one years of postgraduate teaching and research experience at Savitribai Phule Pune University and was Dr B. R. Ambedkar Research Professor at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath (Varanasi), for six years. He has written in diverse areas such as Indian epistemology and logic; schools of classical Indian philosophy such as Buddhism, Lokāyata, Yoga and Jainism; Indian moral philosophy, social philosophy, Indian philosophy of religion and contemporary Buddhism. His research interests have focused on the interface between orthodox and heterodox Indian thought, including between Nyāya and Buddhist logical thought.

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