Essay name: Yoga-sutra with Bhashya Vivarana (study)
Author:
Susmi Sabu
Affiliation: University of Kerala / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies the enduring and relevance of Yoga in India, highlighting its evolution from a comprehensive philosophy to primarily a physical practice. It further underscores the importance of studying Yoga texts to understand its historical trajectory. Special attention is given to the Patanjala Yogasutra Bhashya Vivarana, a significant work attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.
Chapter 5 - Observations
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clarifications given in the form of an answer to the opponents question are apparent. It is depicted that the divine power i.e., knowledge of sounds of all living beings is attained by the yogin by the practice of samyama on the separate manifestations of a word viz., sound, meaning and idea. While explaining this, Vivara峁嘺k膩ra gives much more information which is related to the philosophy of sound. 123 There are some references to the relationship
between the word and its meaning furnished in the first chapter
also. 124
While reading the particular portion, the reader may even
confuse it as taken from a grammatical treatise. Vivara峁嘺k膩ra
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evidently supports the doctrine of sphota in the third chapter.
Vivara峁嘺k膩ra quotes a number of references from 艢lokav膩rtika of
Kum膩rilabhatta while discussing the theory of sphota.
Amidst its favouritism to the science of grammar
PYSBV possesses some grammatical errors. For example, in the
127 commentary on the s奴tra," VBh. states that, 'some of the matters
will be explained later.' To indicate this, VBh. uses the Sanskrit
word 'abhidh膩syante'. But Vivara峁嘺k膩ra uses the word
128 鈥榓bhidh膩yisyante' as an alternative of the above word. The
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