Sanskrit Hindu Texts

By David Reigle on August 31, 2013 at 6:54 pm

Sanskrit Hindu Texts

Here is a selection of some important Sanskrit Hindu texts, some of which are in or include English translation. I have gathered these over the years, most before the days of Google, seeking out the original editions rather than reprints (since the reprints often introduce new typographical errors). Some of these are quite rare, having only one copy in the U.S., and for these I had to travel to the holding library and carefully photocopy them.

Ātmabodha [Atmabodha], by Śaṅkarācārya [Sankaracarya], and commentary by Padmapāda [Padmapada] (not anonymous or unknown, avijñāta, as stated), and Tattvabodha, by Śaṅkarācārya [Sankaracarya] (not anonymous or unknown, avijñāta, as stated), ed. Fitzedward Hall, 1852: atmabodha_and_comm._and_tattvabodha_1852

Ātmabodha [Atmabodha], by Śaṅkarācārya [Sankaracarya], and commentary by Padmapāda [Padmapada] (not Madhusūdana Sarasvatī, as stated), ed. Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya, 1961: atmabodha_and_commentary_1961

Chāndogyabrāhmaṇa [Chandogyabrahmana, Chandogya-brahmana], ed. Durgamohan Bhattacharyya, 1958: chandogya-brahmana_1958

Kauṣītaki-brāhmaṇa [Kausitaki-brahmana, Kausitakibrahmana], ed. E. R. Sreekrishna Sarma, 1968: kausitaki-brahmana_1968

Kiraṇāvalī-Bhāskara [Kiranavali Bhaskara], by Padmanābha Miśra [Padmanabha Misra], ed. Gopi Nath Kaviraj, 1920: kiranavali_bhaskara_1920

Kiraṇāvalī-Prakāśa [Kiranavali Prakasa], by Vardhamāna Upādhyāya [Vardhamana Upadhyaya], part 1, ed. Badri Natha Śāstri, 1933: kiranavali_prakasa_part_1_1933

Kiraṇāvalī-Prakāśa [Kiranavali Prakasa], by Vardhamāna Upādhyāya [Vardhamana Upadhyaya], part 2, ed. Badri Nath Shastri, 1936: kiranavali_prakasa_part_2_1936

Kiraṇāvalī-Prakāśa-Dīdhiti [Kiranavali Prakasa Didhiti], by Raghunātha Śiromaṇi [Raghunatha Siromani], ed. Badri Nath Śāstrī, 1932: kiranavali_prakasa_didhiti_1932

[Kiraṇāvalī] Rasasāra [Kiranavali Rasasara], by Bhaṭṭa Vādīndra [Bhatta Vadindra], ed. Gopīnātha Kavirāja, 1922: kiranavali_rasasara_1922

Maṇḍala-brāhmaṇa-upaniṣad [Mandalabrahmanopanisad], with Rāja-yoga-bhāṣya [Rajayogabhasya], ed. A. Mahadeva Sastri and K. Rangacharya, 1899: mandala-brahmana-upanisad_and_comm_1899

Māṇḍūkya-kārikā [Mandukyakarika], by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada], trans. Manilal N. Dvivedi (English verses pasted up with Sanskrit), 1894: mandukya_karika_1894

Māṇḍūkya-kārikā (Āgamaśāstra) [Mandukyakarika (Agamasastra)], by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada], ed. and trans. Vidhushekhara Bhattacharya, 1943: mandukya_karika_1943

Māṇḍūkya-kārikā (Gauḍapāda-kārikā) [Mandukyakarika (Gaudapada-karika)], by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada], ed. and trans. Raghunath Damodar Karmarkar, 1953: mandukya_karika_1953

Mantrabrāhmaṇa [Mantrabrahmana, Mantra-brahmana], 1st prapāṭhaka, ed. Heinrich Stonner, 1901: mantra-brahmana,_1st_prapathaka,_1901

Mantrabrāhmaṇa [Mantrabrahmana, Mantra-brahmana], 2nd prapāṭhaka, ed. Hans Jorgensen, 1911: mantra-brahmana,_2nd_prapathaka,_1911

Mantra-brahmana [Mantra-brāhmaṇa, Mantrabrahmana], English translation, Sakuntala Rao Sastri: mantra-brahmana_eng

Nirukta, Indices and Appendices, by Lakshman Sarup, 1929: nirukta_indices_and_appendices_1929

Nyāya-sūtra [Nyayasutra], by Gotama, and bhāṣya [bhasya] by Vātsyāyana [Vatsyayana] (Nyāya Darśana) [(Nyaya Darsana)], ed. Jayanārāyaṇa Tarkapanchānana, 1865: nyaya_sutra_and_vatsyayana_bhasya_1865

Nyāya-kusumāñjali [Nyayakusumanjali] of Udayanācārya [Udayanacarya] (English translation), Vol. I, Books i and ii, trans. Swami Ravi Tirtha (C. Kunhan Raja), 1946: nyaya_kusumanjali_chaps_1-2_ravi_tirtha_1946_eng

Paramārtha-sāra [Paramarthasara], by Ādi-śeṣa [Adisesa], ed. Raja Radha Kanta Deva, 1852: paramarthasara_1852

Paramārtha-sāra [Paramarthasara], by Ādi-śeṣa [Adisesa], ed. Bālaśāstrī, 1871: paramarthasara_1871

Paramārtha-sāra [Paramarthasara], by Ādi-śeṣa [Adisesa], and commentary by Rāghavānanda, ed. T. Gaṇapati Sāstrī, 1911: paramarthasara_and_raghavananda_comm._1911

Paramārtha-sāra [Paramarthasara], by Ādi-śeṣa [Adisesa], and commentary by Rāghavānanda, ed. Sūryanārāyaṇaśukla, 1932: paramarthasara_and_raghavananda_comm._1932

Patañjali-carita [Patanjalicarita], by Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita [Ramabhadra Diksita], ed. Paṇḍit Śivadatta and Kāśīnāth Pāṇḍurang Parab, 1895: patanjali-carita_1895

Rāja-yoga-bhāṣya [Rajayogabhasya], trans. R. Ananthakrishna Sastri, 1896: raja-yoga-bhasya_1896_eng

Ṛg-veda [Rigveda], ed. Th. Aufrecht, maṇḍala 1-6, 1861: rg-veda_aufrecht_vol._1,_1861

Ṛg-veda [Rigveda], ed. Th. Aufrecht, maṇḍala 7-10, 1863: rg-veda_aufrecht_vol._2,_1863

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada] (Sānkhya Kārikā) [Sankhya Karika], ed. Horace Hayman Wilson, 1837: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1837

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada] (Sānkhya Kārikā) [Sankhya Karika], trans. Horace Hayman Wilson, 1837: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1837_eng

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada], and Candrikā [Candrika] commentary by Nārāyaṇa-tīrtha [Narayanatirtha] (Sāṅkhyakārikā) [Sankhyakarika], ed. Bechanarāma Tripāṭhī, 1883: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1883

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada] (Sankhyakarika), ed. Jibananda Vidyasagara, 2nd ed. 1892: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1892

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada], and Candrikā [Candrika] commentary by Nārāyaṇa-tīrtha [Narayanatirtha] (Sāṅkhya Philosophy) [Sankhya Philosophy], trans. Satish Chandra Banerji, 1898: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1898_eng

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada] (Sankhya-Karika), ed. unknown, 1929: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1929

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada], ed. Har Dutt Sharma, 1933: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1933

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada], Introduction and Notes by Har Dutt Sharma, 1933: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1933_add

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada], trans. Har Dutt Sharma, 1933: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1933_eng

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada], ed. Nārāyaṇacaraṇa-śāstrī, 1937 (1989): samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1937

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada] (Sāṃkhyakārikā), ed. Ḍhuṇḍhirāja-śāstrī, 4th ed. 1963: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1963

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada] (Les Strophes de Sāṃkhya), ed. and trans. into French, Anne-Marie Esnoul, 1964: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_1964_fre

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and bhāṣya by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada] (Sāṃkhyakārikā), ed. unknown, no date: samkhya_karika_and_gaudapada_bhasya_n.d

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Jayamaṅgalā commentary by Śaṅkarācārya [Sankaracarya] (more likely Śaṅkarārya) [Sankararya] (Jayamangala), ed. H. Śarmā, 1926: samkhya_karika_and_jayamangala_1926

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Māṭhara-vṛtti [Matharavrtti] by Māṭharācārya [Matharacarya], ed. Vishnu Prasad Sarma, 1922: samkhya_karika_and_mathara_vrtti_1922

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Sāṃkhya-saptati-vṛtti [Samkhyasaptativrtti], author unknown, ed. Esther A. Solomon, 1973: samkhya_karika_and_samkhya_saptati_vrtti_1973

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Sāṃkhya-vṛtti [Samkhyavrtti], author unknown, ed. Esther A. Solomon, 1973: samkhya_karika_and_samkhya_vrtti_1973

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Suvarṇa-saptati-vyākhyā [Suvarnasaptativyakhya], author unknown, trans. from the Chinese translation into French by J. Takakusu, 1904: samkhya_karika_and_suvarna_saptati_vya_1904_fre

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Suvarṇa-saptati-vyākhyā [Suvarnasaptativyakhya], author unknown, trans. from French into English by S. S. Suryanarayanan, 1932: samkhya_karika_and_suvarna_saptati_vya_1932_eng

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Suvarṇa-saptati-vyākhyā [Suvarnasaptativyakhya], author unknown, trans. from the Chinese translation into Sanskrit by N. Aiyaswami Sastri (Suvarnasaptati Sastra), 1944: samkhya_karika_and_suvarna_saptati_vyakhya_1944

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Tattva-kaumudī [Tattvakaumudi] commentary by Vācaspati Miśra [Vacaspati Misra], ed. and trans. Ganganatha Jha, 2nd ed. 1934, 3rd ed. 1965: samkhya_karika_and_tattva_kaumudi_1934

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Tattvakaumudī [Tattvakaumudi] commentary by Vācaspati Miśra [Vacaspati Misra], ed. Srinivasa Ayya Srinivasan, 1967: samkhya_karika_and_tattva_kaumudi_1967

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Yuktidīpikā [Yuktidipika] commentary, author unknown, ed. Pulinbehari Chakravarti, 1938: samkhya_karika_and_yukti_dipika_1938

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Yuktidīpikā [Yuktidipika] commentary, author unknown, ed. Ram Chandra Pandeya, 1967: samkhya_karika_and_yukti_dipika_1967

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], by Īśvara-kṛṣṇa [Isvarakrsna], and Yuktidīpikā [Yuktidipika] commentary, author unknown, Introduction by Pulinbihari Chakravarti (Origin and Development of the Sāṃkhya System of Thought), 1951: samkhya_karika_and_yukti_dipika_intro

Sāṃkhya-kārikā [Samkhyakarika], The Commentaries of the, A Study, by Esther A. Solomon, 1974: samkhya_karika_commentaries_study_1974_eng

Sāṃkhya-tattva-samāsa [Samkhyatattvasamasa], attributed to Kapila, ed. T. R. Chintamani (in “A Note on the Date of the Tattvasamāsa”), 1928: samkhya_tattva_samasa_1928

Sāṃkhya-tattva-samāsa [Samkhyatattvasamasa], attributed to Kapila, ed. Gopinath Kaviraj (in “A Short Note on Tattvasamāsa”), 1938: samkhya_tattva_samasa_1938

Sāṃkhya-tattva-samāsa [Samkhyatattvasamasa], attributed to Kapila, trans. Gerald James Larson (in “The format of technical philosophical writing in ancient India: Inadequacies of conventional translations”), 1980: samkhya_tattva_samasa_1980

Sāṃkhya-tattva-samāsa [Samkhyatattvasamasa], attributed to Kapila, and commentary (the Sāṃkhya-krama-dīpikā [Samkhyakramadipika], author unknown), ed. and trans. J.R.B., i.e., James R. Ballantyne (A Lecture on the Sānkhya Philosophy, embracing the text of the Tattwa Samāsa), 1850: samkhya_tattva_samasa_and_krama_dipika_1850

Sāṃkhya-tattva-samāsa [Samkhyatattvasamasa], attributed to Kapila, and vṛtti (the Sāṃkhya-krama-dīpikā [Samkhyakramadipika], author unknown), ed. Vindhyeshvarī Prasāda Dvivedin (from Sāmkhya Samgraha), 1918: samkhya_tattva_samasa_and_krama_dipika_1918

[Śaṅkara] Ācārya-vijaya, by Parameśvara Kavikaṇṭhīrava, ed. W. R. Antarkar, 1968: acarya-vijaya_by_paramesvara_kavikanthirava_1968

[Śaṅkara] Bhagavatpādābhyudayam, by Mahākavi Lakṣmaṇa Sūri, ed. W. R. Antarkar, 1994-1995 (this scan is from JSTOR, with thanks): bhagavatpadabhyudayam_by_laksmana_suri_1994-1995_JSTOR scan

[Śaṅkara] Maṭhāmnāya [Mathamnaya], from Bṛhat-śaṅkara-vijaya, by Citsukhācārya, ed. unknown, no date: mathamnaya_from_brhat-sankara-vijaya_no_date

Śaṅkarābhyudaya [Sankarabhyudaya], by Rājacūḍāmaṇi Dīkṣita, ed. S. V. Radhakrishna Sastri, 1986: sankarabhyudaya_by_rajacudamani_diksita_1986

Śaṅkarābhyudaya-kāvyam, by Nīlakaṇṭha, ed. W. R. Antarkar, 1964: sankarabhyudaya-kavyam_by_nilakantha_1964

Śaṅkarābhyudaya-mahākāvyam, by Tirumala Dīkṣita, ed. W. R. Antarkar, 1965: sankarabhyudaya-mahakavyam_by_tirumala_diksita_1965

Śaṅkarācārya-caritam, by Govindanātha, ed. W. R. Antarkar, 1992: sankaracarya-caritam_by_govindanatha_1992

Śaṅkara-dig-vijaya [Sankaradigvijaya], by Vidyāraṇya, with commentary by Dhanapatisūri, Ānandāśrama ed., 1891 (this scan is from the Digital Library of India, with thanks): sankara-dig-vijaya_by_vidyaranya_1891_DLI_scan

Śaṅkara-dig-vijaya [Sankaradigvijaya], by Vidyāraṇya, ed. N. S. Ananthakrishna Sastri, 1956 (this scan is from the Digital Library of India, with thanks): sankara-dig-vijaya_by_vidyaranya_1956_DLI_scan

Śaṅkara-vijaya [Sankaravijaya], by Ānandagiri, ed. Jayanārāyaṇa Tarkapañchānana, 1868: sankara-vijaya_by_anandagiri_1868

Śaṅkara-vijaya [Sankaravijaya], by Ānantānandagiri, ed. N. Veezhinathan, 1971: sankara-vijaya_by_anantanandagiri_1971

Śaṅkara-vijaya [Sankaravijaya], by Vyāsācala, ed. T. Chandrasekharan, 1954: sankara-vijaya_by_vyasacala_1954

Śaṅkara-vijaya-saṅgraha, by Puruṣottama Bhāratī, ed. W. R. Antarkar, 1962: sankara-vijaya-sangraha_by_purusottama_bharati_1962

Śaṅkara-vijaya-vilāsa, by Cidvilāsa, ed. W. R. Antarkar, 1973: sankara-vijaya-vilasa_by_cidvilasa_1973

Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa [Satapatha-brahmana], Mādhyandina-śākhā, ed. Albrecht Weber, 1855, pp. 1-340: satapatha_brahmana_madhyandina_1855_pp._1-340

Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa [Satapatha-brahmana], Mādhyandina-śākhā, ed. Albrecht Weber, 1855, pp. 341-636: satapatha_brahmana_madhyandina_1855_pp._341-636

Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa [Satapatha-brahmana], Mādhyandina-śākhā, ed. Albrecht Weber, 1855, pp. 637-956: satapatha_brahmana_madhyandina_1855_ pp._637-956

Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa [Satapatha-brahmana], Mādhyandina-śākhā, ed. Albrecht Weber, 1855, pp. 957-1194: satapatha_brahmana_madhyandina_1855_pp._957-1194

Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa [Taittiriya-brahmana], kāṇḍa 2, prapāṭhakas 1, 6, and 8, and kāṇḍa 3, all 12 prapāṭhakas, trans. Paul-Emile Dumont, 1948-1969: taittiriya_brahmana_incomplete_1948-1969_eng

Taittirīya-saṃhitā [Taittiriyasamhita], 4th kāṇḍa, Ānandāśrama edition, 1903: taittiriya_samhita_4th_kanda_anandasrama_ed_1903.pdf

Uttara-gītā [Uttaragita] and commentary by Gauḍapāda [Gaudapada], ed. J. K. Balasubrahmanyam, 1910: uttara-gita_and_gaudapada_comm._1910

Vaiśeṣika-sūtra [Vaisesikasutra], by Kaṇāda [Kanada], and Upaskāra [Upaskara] commentary by Śaṅkara Miśra [Sankara Misra], and commentary by Jayanārāyana Tarka Panchānana [Jayanarayana Tarka Panchanana] (Vaiśeshika Darśana) [Vaiseshika Darsana], ed. Jayanārāyana Tarka Panchānana, 1861: vaisesika_sutra_and_upaskara_1861

Vaiśeṣika-sūtra [Vaisesikasutra], by Kaṇāda [Kanada], and Upaskāra [Upaskara] commentary by Śaṅkara Miśra [Sankara Misra] (Sacred Books of the Hindus, Vol. VI: The Vaisesika Sutras of Kanada), trans. Nandalal Sinha, 2nd rev. and enl. ed., 1923: vaisesika_sutra_and_upaskara_1923_eng

Vaiśeṣika-sūtra [Vaisesikasutra], by Kaṇāda [Kanada], and commentary by Candrānanda [Candrananda], ed. Muni Jambuvijayaji, 1961 (this scan is from the Digital Library of India, with thanks for saving me the trouble of scanning my copy): vaisesika_sutra_and_candrananda_vrtti_1961

Vaiśeṣika-sūtra [Vaisesikasutra], by Kaṇāda [Kanada], and (partial) commentary by Bhaṭṭa Vādīndra [Bhatta Vadindra] (Vaiśeṣika-darśanam) [Vaisesika-darsanam], ed. Anantalal Thakur, 1985: vaisesika_sutra_and_vartika_1985

Vāyu-purāṇa [Vayupurana], ed. Rājendralāla Mitra, vol. 1, 1880: vayu_purana_vol_1_1880

Vāyu-purāṇa [Vayupurana], ed. Rājendralāla Mitra, vol. 2, 1888: vayu-purana_vol_2_1888

Vedānta-pañca-prakaraṇī, by Sadāśiva Brahmendra, includes Gururatnamālikā [Gururatnamalika] with Suṣumā [Susuma] commentary, 1891: vedanta-panca-prakarani_by sadasiva_brahmendra_1891

Vimarśa [Vimarsa], by Rājarājeśvara Śaṅkarāśrama, 1898: vimarsa_by_rajarajesvara_sankarasrama_1898

Viṣṇu-purāṇa [Vishnu Purana], trans. H. H. Wilson, ed. Fitzedward Hall, vol. 1, 1864: vishnu_purana_vol_one_1864_eng

Viṣṇu-purāṇa [Vishnu Purana], trans. H. H. Wilson, ed. Fitzedward Hall, vol. 2, 1865: vishnu_purana_vol_two_1865_eng

Viṣṇu-purāṇa [Vishnu Purana], trans. H. H. Wilson, ed. Fitzedward Hall, vol. 3, 1866: vishnu_purana_vol_three_1866_eng

Viṣṇu-purāṇa [Vishnu Purana], trans. H. H. Wilson, ed. Fitzedward Hall, vol. 4, 1868: vishnu_purana_vol_four_1868_eng

Viṣṇu-purāṇa [Vishnu Purana], trans. H. H. Wilson, ed. Fitzedward Hall, vol. 5, 1870: vishnu_purana_vol_five_1870_eng

Viṣṇu-purāṇa [Vishnu Purana], trans. H. H. Wilson, ed. Fitzedward Hall, vol. 6, 1877: vishnu_purana_vol_six_1877_eng

Yoga-darshana, trans. Ganganatha Jha, second edition thoroughly revised, 1934: yoga-darsana,_ganganatha_jha_1934_eng

Yoga-sūtra [Yogasutra], by Patañjali [Patanjali], and bhāṣya by Vyāsa [Vyasa], and ṭīkā by Vācaspati Miśra [Vacaspati Misra] (Pātañjalasūtrāṇi) [Patanjalasutrani], ed. Rājārām Shāstrī Bodas, 1892: yogasutra_and_vyasa_bhasya_and_vacaspati_1892

Yoga-sūtra [Yogasutra], by Patañjali [Patanjali], and bhāṣya by Vyāsa [Vyasa], and ṭīkā by Vācaspati Miśra [Vacaspati Misra], and vṛtti by Bhojadeva (Pātañjalayogasūtrāṇi) [Patanjalayogasutrani], ed. Kāśīnātha Śāstrī Āgāśe, 1904: yogasutra_and_vyasa_bhasya_and_vacaspati_1904

Yoga-sūtra [Yogasutra], by Patañjali [Patanjali], and bhāṣya by Vyāsa [Vyasa], and ṭīkā by Vācaspati Miśra [Vacaspati Misra], and ṭippaṇī by Bālarāma Udāsīna [Balarama Udasina] (Yogadarśanam) [Yogadarsanam], ed. Bālarāma Udāsīna, (1st ed. 1890) 1908: yogasutra_and_vyasa_bhasya_and_vacaspati_1908

Yoga-sūtra [Yogasutra], by Patañjali [Patanjali], and bhāṣya by Vyāsa [Vyasa], and vivaraṇa by Śaṅkara-bhagavatpāda [Sankara-bhagavatpada] (Pātañjala-yogasūtra-bhāṣya-vivaraṇam) [Patanjala-yogasutra-bhasya-vivaranam], ed. Rama Sastri and S. R. Krishnamurthi Sastri, 1952: yogasutra_and_vyasa_bhasya_and_sankara_1952

Yoga-sūtra [Yogasutra], by Patañjali [Patanjali], and bhāṣya by Vyāsa [Vyasa], Concordance-Dictionary to, by Bhagavan Das, 1938: yogasutra_and_vyasa_bhasya_concordance-dict_1938

Yoga-sūtra [Yogasutra], by Patañjali [Patanjali], and vṛtti by Bhoja Rājā [Bhoja Raja] (Yoga Aphorisms of Patañjali), ed. Rājendralāla Mitra, 1883: yogasutra_and_bhojaraja_comm_1883

Yoga-sūtra [Yogasutra], by Patañjali [Patanjali], and Yogasiddhānta-candrikā [Yogasiddhantacandrika] commentary by Nārāyaṇatīrtha [Narayanatirtha] (Yogadarśanam) [Yogadarsanam], ed. Ratna Gopāla Bhaṭṭa, 1910: yogasutra_and_narayanatirtha_comm_1910

Yoga-sūtra [Yogasutra], by Patañjali [Patanjali], and Yogasudhākara [Yogasudhakara] commentary by Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī [Sadasivendra Sarasvati] (Yogasutra Vrtti), ed. unknown, 1911: yogasutra_and_sadasivendra_comm_1911

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  • Keith Jackson says:

    Samkhya References:
    one of the best commentaries I’ve found:
    V.V. SOVANI A Critical Study of the Sankhya System
    An amazing resource for Samkhya and Buddhist commentaries many in english:
    https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/result?item1=4&word1=SAMKHYA

  • Keith Jackson says:

    Correction:
    Sankya_Sara_of_VIjnana_Bhikshu_-_Jibananda_Vidyasagara_1886
    The englsh translation is of a nyaya text the Tarka Sangraha. This document also contains the Sanskrit Tattva Kaumudi of Vacaspati Misra

  • Keith Jackson says:

    More Samkhya texts:
    Sankya_Sara_of_VIjnana_Bhikshu_-_Jibananda_Vidyasagara_1886 with english translation
    https://ia601904.us.archive.org/3/items/Complete_Works_of_Jibananda_Vidyasagara/
    Tattva Kaumudi
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/228621105/Sankhya-Karika-Tatatva-Koumudhi-Ganaganatha-Jha-English-Translation
    SAMKHYA SUTRAS
    I can only find items related to the SamkhyaPravachanaSutra. N. Sinha The Samkhya Philosophy is largely devoted to this with clearly marked comments by Aniruddha, Vijnanabikshu and Mahadeva.
    Richard Garbe in his preface to his Samkhya Pravacana Bhashya of Vijnanabikshu (no english translation) refers to a similar work:
    The Sánkhya aphorisms of Kapila, with illustrative extracts from the commentaries (1885) a ‘amended reprint’ by F.E. Hall of J. R. Ballantynes Sánkhya aphorisms of Kapila. Although Garbe praises Hall the various commentaries are not clearly marked (to me at any rate) There are copies of Ballantynes original translations of 1856, 1862 and 1865 with only Vijnanabikshus Bhashya which benefit from the lack of amendment by Hall. All these can be found at https://archive.org. There is also a publication by Hall himself: Samkhya Pravachana Bhashya of Vijnana Bhikshu-FITZ-EDWARD HALL-BIBLIOTHECA INDICA (1856) at https://archive.org/details/biblothecaindica014606mbp which appears in complete. It contains only Halls preface (some 85% of which consists of footnotes) where he refers to the Samkhya philosophy as as “little better than a chaotic impertinence”

    Garbe comments “Nevertheless, in spite of all the false assumptions and the errors of which Vijnanabikshu is undoubtedly guilty, his Commentary on the Sankhya Sutras must be declared to be not only the fullest source that we have for a knowledge of the Sankhya system, but also one of the most important of such sources.” Vijnanabikshu is a bheda-abheda vedantin and would certainly not agree with the sectarian opinion expressed in the Brahma Sutra Bhashya. Nor it seems would Narayana Tirtha and Vacaspati Misra who in spite of their Vedantism wrote valuable commentaries.

  • David Reigle says:

    Thank you, Keith, for the link to the only existing English translation of the important (though not the oldest) commentary on the Samkhya-karika, the Yuktidipika. I did not know that an online version of this translation by the late Shiv Kumar and D. N. Bhargava existed, myself having only the 1990-1992 book. We do not know if Albrecht Wezler and Shujun Motegi will ever complete and publish their English translation, intended to accompany their 1998 Sanskrit edition; and despite Wezler’s criticism, we must be very grateful to Shiv Kumar and D. N. Bhargava for translating this difficult text.

    Regarding the Tattva-samasa, there are a couple more published English translations besides that of Nandalal Sinha. It was first translated, avowedly tentatively, by James R. Ballantyne and published in 1850, along with the extensive commentary thereon attributed by some to Pancasikha. This is, in fact, an important and helpful commentary; more useful, in my opinion, than the one translated by Nandalal Sinha. This translation is posted here with the Sanskrit Hindu texts. Then, in a 1980 journal article, Gerald Larson published what I regard as a very insightful translation of the Tattva-samasa, showing how it relates to the sequence of prime numbers. This, too, is posted here with the Sanskrit Hindu texts.

  • Keith Jackson says:

    An english translation of the Yuktidipika can be found at:
    http://www.dayanandbhargava.com/yuktideepkia-vol-i-ii-delhi-1990-1992/#more-83
    perhaps its english is less than ideal but my initial perusal leads me to agree with Gerald Larson that its author seems more a grammarian than philosopher
    The only translation I’ve found of the Tattva Samasa (which Max Muller praised so highly as an early source – in contradiction to Larson) is in N. Sinha The Samkhya Philosophy a complete version of which can be obtained from Scribd (posted by Soham Hamsa)This also contains VijnanaBhikshu SamkhyaPravachanaSutra and Panchasika extracts
    HPB referred to the Sankhya-Sara – there is a document with this title by F E Hall and a section with this title in W Wards History, Literature, Mythology of the Hindoos – both free to download on GoogleBooks


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