Al-Bīrūni's Arabic version of Patañjali'sYogasūtra: a translation of the second chapter and a comparison with related texts

Abstract

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.

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