Al-Bīrūni's Arabic version of Patañjali'sYogasūtra

A Translation of the Second Chapter and a Comparison With Related Texts

Bibliographic Data

ID2804757
AuthorsShlomo Pine, Shlomo Pines, Tuvia Gelblum
Year1977
Volume40
Issue3
Pages522-549
Publication date1977-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0041977x00045900
OpenAlexW3030855434
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited12

The following study contains a translation of al-Bīrūnī's rendering into Arabic of the second chapter of Patañjali'sYogasūtracum commentary. (On this point see our translation of al-Bīrūnī's rendering of the first chapter of Patañjali'sYogasūtra.) This translation is based on Ritter's edition of the Arabic text. Comparison has been made with the unique MS of Ritter's text: Köprülü, 1589, folios 412a-419a (written on the margins). We have also compared the text with parallel passages and expressions in al-Bīrūnī'sIndia. In some cases the passages inIndiaare identical, while in others they show differences. Sometimes these differences are merely stylistic. In other cases there is a doctrinal divergence

Arabic · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Islamic Studies and History · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy

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