Pātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇa
The 8th century Pātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇa (Sub-commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Commentary), also called the Yogasūtrabhāṣyavivaraṇa (Sub-commentary on the Commentary on the Yoga Sutras){{sfn|Leggett|2016|loc=Foreword}} is Ādi Śaṅkara's commentary on Patanjali's own commentary, the bhāṣya, on his Yoga Sutras.{{sfn|Leggett|2016|loc=Foreword}}
As well as remarking briefly on each sutra, it gives descriptions of the 12 seated asanas named in the bhāṣya, including Dandasana, Svastikasana, and Virasana.{{sfn|Mallinson|Singleton|2017|p=86}}
The text was rediscovered in the 20th century, published in Madras in 1952,{{sfn|Rukmani|2001}} and partly translated into English by Trevor Leggett (Book 1 in 1961, Book 2 in 1983), completed in 1990.{{sfn|Leggett|2016|loc=Foreword}} The full translation of all four books by T. S. Rukmani was published in 2001.{{sfn|Rukmani|2001|loc=Preface}} The ascription of authorship to Śaṅkara has been debated.{{sfn|Bryant|2009|p=41}}
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== Sources ==
- {{cite book |last=Bryant |first=Edwin F. |author-link=Edwin F. Bryant |title=The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation and Commentary |date=2009 |publisher=North Point Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0865477360}}
- {{cite book |last=Leggett |first=Trevor Pryce |title=The Complete Commentary by Sankara on the Yoga-Sutras: The Vivarana sub-commentary to Vyasa-bhasya on the Yoga-sutras of Patanjali {{!}} A Full Translation of the Newly-Discovered Text |year=2016 |orig-year=1990 (Kegan Paul) |publisher=Trevor Leggett Adhyatma Yoga Trust |isbn=978-1-911467-04-5 |url=https://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/SankaraYogaSutras.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last1=Mallinson |first1=James |author1-link=James Mallinson (Indologist) |last2=Singleton |first2=Mark |author2-link=Mark Singleton (yoga scholar) |title=Roots of Yoga |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2017 | isbn=978-0-241-25304-5 |oclc=928480104}}
- {{cite book |last=Rukmani |first=T. S. |author-link=T.S. Rukmani |title=Yogasūtrabhāṣyavivaraṇa of Śaṅkara: Vivaraṇa text with English translation, and critical notes along with text and English translation of Patañjali's Yogasūtras and Vyāsabhāṣya |year=2001 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-215-0908-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qcHWAAAAMAAJ}} {{OCLC|46352942}}
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