The Integrity of the Yoga Darsana Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan Inheritance 39 Brotherless maiden 41

Inheritance 39 Brotherless maiden 41 Fingers 43 Synonyms of beauty 47 Niyoga 48 Similes 49 Onomatopoeia 51 Synonyms of Heaven and Earth 55 CHAPTER IV

Chapter VI examines the readings of the sutras and discusses the vartikas while Chapter VII is concerned with the verses of Rupavatara

31 Pain frustration restlessness of the body spasmodic breathing in or out are the accompaniments of these distractions 138 Sutra I

the nature of the Soul

They are also celebrated with limbs such as those of men

The Integrity of the Yoga Darsana Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan Inheritance 39 Brotherless maiden 41The Integrity of the Yoga Darsana centres on the thought of Patanjali, the great exponent of the authoritative and Classical Yoga school of Hinduism and the reputed author of the Yoga sutras. In this textual, historical, and interpretive study, Whicher offers a plausible and innovative reading of the 'intention' of the Yoga sutras, namely that Yoga does not advocate the abandonment or condemnation of the world, but rather supports a stance that