Yogasutrabhasyavivarana Of Sankara: Vivarana Text With English Translation Including Critical Notes: Vibhutipada And Kaivalyapada

English Yogasutrabhasyavivarana of Sankara Volume IFrom the JacketIn this two-volume work of critically translating the Yogasutrabhasyavivarana (YSBHV) of Sankara, the Yogasutras of Patanjali, and the bhasya of Vyasa, all these three texts have been brought together for the first time. The question of the authorship of YSBHV has been a vexed one and has engaged the attention of scholars for a long time. In this work the authorship problem has been examined in great detail on the basis of both the internal and external evidences. The author has also drawn attention to some specific references to Vacaspati Misra in the body of the Vivarana. This, hopefully, should settle once and for all the authorship problem.Dr. T S. Rukmani is currently Professor and in Hindu Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. Canada. Before joining the present assignment she had the distinction of being the first Chair in Hindu Studies and Indian Philosophy at the University of Durban-Westville, South Africa. She had a distinguished academic career at the University of Delhi, where her last assignment was Principal, Miranda House. She is the author of ten books which also includes the Yogavarttika of VQ1i§.nabhiksu, translated into English, 4 vols. (New Delhi, 1981-89). She has innumerable papers to her credit and publishes regularly in academic journals both in India and abroad. PrefaceThe Yogasutrabhasyavivarana (YSBHV)—An annotated critical English translation, the research project for which I was given a fellowship at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India in 1989-90. At that time I was not aware of Trevor Leggett translating the same wo