Yogasūtrabhāṣya - Gyan Bhandaar
Gyan Bhandaar
This manuscript page describes a Sanskrit text titled Yogasutrabhasya, also known as Patanjalabhasyavyakhya, a commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. The work is authored by Vacaspati, a renowned philosopher in the Indian tradition. The manuscript dates to Saka year 1837 and consists of 112 folios. It belongs to the Limaye Collection, cataloged as number 405. This text is significant for students of classical yoga philosophy, Samkhya metaphysics, and Vedanta interpretation of the Yoga Sutras.
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Yogasūtrabhāṣya

This manuscript preserves Vācaspati Miśra's *Yogasūtrabhāṣya*, a seminal 9th–10th century commentary on Patañjali's *Yoga Sūtras*, specifically his sub-commentary (*vyākhyā*) on Vyāsa's *bhāṣya*. The text exemplifies classical Yoga philosophy's systematic exposition, analyzing the five states of mind (*cittabhūmi*)—disturbed (*kṣipta*), stupefied (*mūḍha*), distracted (*vikṣipta*), one-pointed (*ekāgra*), and restrained (*niruddha*)—to distinguish authentic yogic attainment from mere mental concentration. Dated to Śaka 1837 (c. 1915 CE) and comprising 112 folios, this Nepalese manuscript reflects the enduring scholarly transmission of Patañjalian Yoga through the Limaye Collection, demonstrating how Vācaspati's hermeneutical precision shaped subsequent philosophical discourse on *samādhi* as both instrumental (*saṃprajñāta*) and ultimate (*asaṃprajñāta*) realization.