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Yogayajnavalkya Samhita: The Yoga Treatise of Yajnavalkya

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Item Code: NAJ974
Publisher: KRISHNAMACHARYA YOGA MANDIRAM
Author: TKV Desikachar
Language: Sanskrit Text with Transliteration and English Translation
Edition: 2021
ISBN: 8187847085
Pages: 190 (3 Color and 15 B/W Illustrations)
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 10.0 inch x 7.5 inch
Weight 600 gm
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About the Book

Yogayajnavalyka Samhita is considered one of the most ancient yoga texts. This work is presented in the form of a dialog between the great sage yajnavalkya and his wife, the learned Gargi. The text has his wife, the learned Gargi. The text has twelve chapters and presents many yoga concepts that are unique to this work. This apart, it also presents ideas that are different from other popular yoga texts.

This book presents the text with in its original form with all the sloka-s, along with transliteration and translation in English.

About the Author

Son and Student of T Krishnamacharya, TKV Desikachar spent nearly three decades studying the different aspects of yoga under his teacher. In 1976 he founded a non profit institute Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, to share the vast teaching he had received from his father, his teacher, He teaches yoga all over the world and has authored many books, which have been translated into more that one languages.

He has based this translation on the studies he had with his teacher.

Publisher's Note

One of the oldest texts on Yoga, the Yogayajnavalkya Samhita, is a dialogue between the great sage Yajnavalkya and his learned wife Gargi. Considered as one of the most learned women of all times, Gargi poses questions to her husband, on how to reach the highest. Yajnavalkya shows her the way patiently and systematically, through the twelve chapters of this work.

The form of a dialogue between the two presents a rich teaching in a very engaging manner. The work presents a lot of unique ideas that can be found in no other text, as well as certain ideas that are different from the more popular yoga texts.

This is the first time this composition is being translated into English. There was no complete manuscript available for a long time, and only two versions were available that were nearly complete. Thanks to the efforts of Sri T Krishnamacharya, the greatest yogi of the last century, this translation has been possible. As there was no manuscript that was both complete and accurate, he wrote the entire manuscript by hand and taught his son and student, TKV Desikachar. He even corrected and filled up the gaps of the manuscripts that were available those days.

This English translation by TKV Desikachar, is based on his father's notes. The text is in poem form and hence the translation is not word to word. In places where a group of sloka-s have to be combined to have the complete meaning, it has been done so. Similarly in places where the stoke-s need to be divided, and grouped with the previous or the following ones, it has been done so. This has contributed towards the easy understanding of the text.

As the editorial team, we have been through the book many times to discard errors that always crept in. However in case a few have slipped our eyes, we ask the reader to forgive us.

 

Contents

 

  Publishers Note  
  Summary of Yogayajnavalkya-samhita by Yogacarya Sri T. Krishnamacharya i
  Yogayajnavalkya-samhita:  
  Text, Transliteration and Translation  
  Chapter 1 1
  Chapter 2 31
  Chapter 3 41
  Chapter 4 51
  Chapter 5 87
  Chapter 6 95
  Chapter 7 127
  Chapter 8 145
  Chapter 9 157
  Chapter 10 171
  Chapter 11 181
  Chapter 12 191
  Appendices  
1. On the Measure of Human body Prana, Kundalini and Nadis Notes from Yogacarya Sri T. Krishnamacharya's Essay 217
2. Essay of Yogacarya Sri T. Krishnamacharya on Yoga-anga-sadhanam 218
3. Glossary 223
     

 

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