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The Mahåbhå¶ya of Pata¤jali is a monumental work in the tradition of Påƒinian grammar.Pata¤jali explains a large number of the sµutras of Påƒini and Kåtyåyanaís vårttika thereupon.
Composed in a lively and absorbing conversational style, the Mahåbhå¶ya has set a model for
exegetical writings for all time.
The present volume, published posthumously, is a reproduction of an incomplete manuscript
of late Professor Surendranath Dasgupta. It provides English translation and annotations on
the first four sections (åhnikas) of the first chapter (prathamâdhyåya) of the Mahåbhå¶ya with
corresponding romanized texts of the sµutras and the vårttikas. The value of the work lies not so
much in the translation of the text but in the very thorough discussions on all topics in the
annotations which take into account several commentaries and later works of the grammatical
tradition. This great work will attract attention not merely of scholars of Sanskrit grammar, but
also of philosophers of language.
This little volume is an attempt at a brief exposition of the philosophical and religious doctrine found in Patanjali's Yoga Sutra as explained by its successive commentaries of Vyasa, Vacaspati, Vijnana Bhikshu and others. The scope of this work is limited to a brief exposition of the intellectual foundation, or the theoretical side, of the Yoga practices, consisting of the philosophical, psychological, cosmological, ethical, religious, and other doctrines which underlie these practices.