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The author offers a systematic exposition of Patañjali’s Yoga-sūtra as interpreted by classical commentators, tracing its metaphysical and psychological foundations and its affinities with Sāṃkhya thought. The first part examines core categories such as prakṛti and puruṣa, the reality of the external world, and the process and stages of evolution and change; the second treats moral psychology, the theory of karma, ethical questions, and the practices and stages of attainment including the yogāṅgas and samādhi. The focus remains on theoretical, cosmological, and doctrinal clarification rather than on giving practical instruction, with attention to key commentarial debates.

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Title: Yoga as philosophy and religion

Author: Surendranath Dasgupta

Release date: August 13, 2024 [eBook #74250]

Language: English

Original publication: LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD, 1924

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YOGA
AS PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIONS

BY
SURENDRANATH DASGUPTA
M.A., Ph.D.(Cal.), Ph.D.(Cantab.)
AUTHOR OF “A HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY”, ETC.
Professor of Philosophy, Presidency College, Calcutta
Late Professor of Sanskrit, Chittagong College
Late Lecturer in the University of Cambridge
LONDON:
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
1924