Vibhūtipāda: an Annotated Translation and Working Edition of the Pātañjalayogaśāstra’s Third Chapter Based on Previously Unstudied Textual Witnesses
Asian Literature and Translation June 8, 2026 P. Maas
The article presents a scholarly annotated translation and new working edition of the Vibhūtipāda, the third chapter of the Pātañjalayogaśāstra (i.e., the Yoga Sutra together with the so-called Yogabhāṣya, dated to approximately 400 CE). This chapter provides the earliest and most comprehensive systematic account of meditation-derived extraordinary capacities from the perspective of...