Sankara on the Yoga Sutras Motilal Banarsidass It is in such a

It is in such a state of inner conflict that the contemporary Indian thinker develops his system of thought

1 The Ramayana Sabha 143 4

Preface vii Kumaralata and the early Kavya

Had the conditions under which I have had to work been better

I am immensely grateful

Sankara on the Yoga Sutras Motilal Banarsidass It is in such aIntroduction for the General reader The text translated here is a historical find: an unknown commentary on the Yoga sutra of Patanjali by Sankara, the most eminent philosopher of ancient India. Present indications are that it is likely to be authentic, which would date it about AD 700. The many references to Yoga meditation in his accepted works have sometimes been regarded as concessions to accepted ideas of the time, and not really his own views.