{"product_id":"the-yoga-sutras-of-pata-jali","title":"The Yoga Sutras of Pata?jali","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant cross-cultural Arabic interpretation of a key text of yoga philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Yoga Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof Pata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ejali \u003c\/i\u003eis the foundational text of yoga philosophy to this day and is still used by millions of yoga practitioners and students worldwide. Written in a question-and-answer format, \u003ci\u003eThe Yoga Sutras of Pata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ejali \u003c\/i\u003edeals with the theory and practice of yoga and the psychological question of the liberation of the soul from attachments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is a new edition and translation into English of the Arabic translation and commentary on this text by the brilliant eleventh-century polymath al-Bīrūnī. Given the many historical variants of the \u003ci\u003eYoga Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e, his\u003ci\u003e Kitāb Bātanjali\u003c\/i\u003e is important for yoga studies as the earliest translation of the Sanskrit text. It is also of unique value as an Arabic text within Islamic studies, given the intellectual and philosophical challenges that faced the medieval Muslim reader when presented with the intricacy of composition, interpretation, and allusion that permeates this translation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bilingual Arabic-English edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī \u003c\/b\u003e(d. ca. 442\/1050) was an accomplished Iranian scholar and polymath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Kozah (Edited and Translated by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMario Kozah\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Islamic History and Civilization at the Department of Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University. His publications include a monograph on al-Bīrūnī titled\u003ci\u003e The Birth of Indology as an Islamic Science: Al-Bīrūnī's Treatise on Yoga Psychology.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376764326162,"sku":"9781479804139","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b60b402e-a79a-4d23-a5eb-74f40aec56f0.jpg?v=1728606919","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-yoga-sutras-of-pata-jali","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}