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Yoga: Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Barbara Stoler Miller, Barbara Stoller (Translator) Miller
ISBN-13: 9780520201903, ISBN-10: 0520201906
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: December 1996
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Barbara Stoler Miller

Barbara Stoler Miller, until her death in 1993, was Samuel R. Milbank Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College. Among her many publications is her much-praised translation of the Bhagavad Gita.

Book Synopsis

"A text that is really essential to anyone's understanding of
Indian philosophy or the practice of yoga. Barbara Stoler Miller's translation is her masterpiece, a great swan song. It is a most extraordinary translation, a great translation."—Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago Divinity School

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction1
Pt. 1Cessation of Thought and Contemplative Calm29
Pt. 2The Practice of Yoga44
Pt. 3Perfect Discipline and Extraordinary Powers60
Pt. 4Absolute Freedom74
A Note on Transliteration87
Keywords in the Yoga Sutra89
Sanskrit Keywords103
Notes107

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