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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary

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Divinity Atlas. "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali-a-new-edition-translation-and-commentary.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali-a-new-edition-translation-and-commentary

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali-a-new-editi,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali-a-new-edition-translation-and-commentary},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Edwin Bryant's edition is a critical scholarly translation of the Yoga Sutras with his own extensive commentary, and its documented method is to work through the major classical and medieval Indian commentarial tradition on the text alongside his own translation, rather than presenting one single reading as the sutras' only meaning. That direct engagement with the historical commentarial tradition, checkable against the specific commentators it cites, is the edition's real evidentiary basis. Use it for the content of the Yoga Sutras and the range of classical interpretation of a specific sutra as this edition documents it; a claim about how a specific modern yoga lineage applies the sutras in practice today needs a separate source on that lineage.

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Assessment

Reliability Tier

Edwin Bryant's critical scholarly translation with extensive commentary, working through the major classical and medieval Indian commentarial tradition on the text alongside his own translation rather than presenting one single reading as the sutras' only meaning.

Notes

Added wave8: critical translation and commentary

Citation

Author

Edwin F. Bryant

Publisher

North Point Press

Publication Year

2009

Source Type

Critical translation with scholarly introduction

Claims Backed By This Source (297 claims)

This source backs 297 claims across the atlas. As facts: 184 well-attested, 29 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 42 holds, 6 connected. Plus 36 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Virtues, 95 claims: 49 well-attested, 20 scholarly debate, 15 holds, 1 connected, 10 general references.
Doctrines, 69 claims: 43 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 11 holds, 14 general references.
Vices, 40 claims: 22 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 8 holds, 4 connected, 4 general references.
Articles, 33 claims: 31 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Esoteric Texts, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Philosophical Schools, 12 claims: 5 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 general references.
Disciplines, 11 claims: 4 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate, 2 general references.
Practices, 11 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 general references.
Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
Metaphysical Positions, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
Subtle Energies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.