Exploring the Yogasutra

Daniel Raveh is Lecturer of Indian and Comparative Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Over the last twenty years he has divided his time between Israel and India, and has translated several Indian texts into Hebrew.

• Acknowledgements / List of Abbreviations / List of Transliterations / Entree: Translating the Other: Reflections on a Fictional Dialogue / Introduction: Yoga, Translation, the Other / 1. Abhyasa/Vairagya: A Conceptual Investigation into the Process of Yoga / 2. Revisiting avidya and abhinivesa: A note on Yoga Psychology / 3. Rethinking Prajna: Yogasutra 1.49 under a Philosophical Magnifying Glass / 4. Text as a Process: A dialogue with Daya Krishna/ 5. "The Undeciphered Text: Anomalies, Problems and Paradoxes in the Yogasutra" by Daya Krishna / Concise Glossary / Appendix I: Introduction to the Yogasutra in Translation and The Yogasutra in Transliteration / Appendix II: The Yogasutra in Translation / Bibliography / Index

‘Thinking anew with Patanjali: this is a modern-day translation and meditation on the spiritual praxis and philosophy of the Yogasutras, the great ancient Indian classic. Daniel Raveh's refreshing book is, at the same time, a sensitive reflection on meaningful cross-cultural and cross-epochal translation which he sees as a process of creative transformation, a process inevitable for retaining significance.'