Primary sources of yoga
When practicing yoga, not to mention teaching it, we become naturally interested in primary sources – the breadcrumbs by which we find the roots of yoga ideas, practices and traditions.
We build our own library of primary sources and their translations. New materials appear here gradually, according to the expansion of our studies.
Many yoga texts also draw on passages from philosophical and medical treatises such as the Charaka Samhita (Ayurveda), Nyaya (the art of reflection and discussion), the Vedanta Sutras, and the Sankhya Sutras.
In addition, sacred and religious hymns as well as mythological stories are that part of the culture to which texts often refer: these include the Vedas, the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, fairy tales and poetry.
This means that accurate translation of primary yoga sources requires familiarity with large volume of Sanskrit texts. Therefore, in our library you can find not only texts on yoga, but also many other texts in Sanskrit and in translation.
The oldest primary sources of yoga, dating back to the B.C. period
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavadgita in the original with commentaries. Translation into Russian by A. Y. Syrkin and D. V. Burba.
Katha Upanishad
The Katha Upanishad in Russian and Ukrainian. Original text in Sanskrit.
Yoga texts from the first centuries AD
Yoga Sutras (Yoga Sutra)
Yoga-sutra in original, nuances of translation,
Commentaries by Andrei Safronov.
Commentaries by Andrei Safronov
Shiva Sutras
Text of Kashmiri Shivaism tradition.
Mrigendra Tantra
Our translation of the third chapter of the Tantra, dedicated to yoga.
Original text
The chapter on yoga translation
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
A text of the Kashmiri Shivaism tradition.
A known commentaries on the text by Kshemaraja and others.
Texts of the Hatha Yoga tradition (since the 11th century AD)
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Hatha Yoga-Pradipika – original text and translation into Russian by A. Rigin.
Goraksha Yoga Shastra
Goraksha-yoga-shastra in its original version and in Russian translation.
Yoga texts devoted to sexual practices
Vajroli yoga
Vajroli Yoga translated into Russian and Ukrainian, and the original Sanskrit text.
Primary sources on which the book “Yoga: A History of Ideas and Views” is based
Below is a list of 194 texts. Some of the texts are available in Sanskrit, some in Russian translation.
1. Abhidharmakośa.
2. Abhidharmakośabhāṣya.
4. Akulavīratantra.
5. Amanaskayoga.
6. Amarakośa.
7. Amṛtabindopaniṣad.
8. Amṛtanādopaniṣad.
9. Amṛtasiddhi.
11. Ānandalaharī.
12. Aparokṣānubhūti.
13. Arthaśāstra.
14. Ātmopaniṣad.
15. Atharvaveda.
16. Binduyoga.
17. Bodhapañcadaśikā.
19. Brahmopaniṣad.
18. Brahmānucintanam.
20. Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad.
21. Bhagavadgītā.
22. Bhāgavatapurāṇa.
23. Bhairavastava.
24. Vajrabhairavatantra.
25. Vajracchedikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra.
26. Vajrolīyoga.
27. Vaiśeṣikasūtra.
28. Vākyapadiya.
29. Vedāntasārasaṃgraha.
30. Brahmasūtra.
31. Vivekamārtaṇḍa.
32. Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.
34. Vikramacarita.
35. Viṣṇupurāṇa.
36. Visuddhimagga.
37. Vṛtti.
38. Yogabhāṣya
39. Garuḍapurāṇa.
40. Gītagovinda.
41. Gorakṣajogaśāstra Śrī Gaṅgādhara.
42. Gorakṣapaddhati.
43. Guhyasamājatantra.
44. Gheraṇḍasaṃhitā.
45. Dattātreyayogaśāstra.
46. Devībhāgavatapurāṇa.
47. Devīmāhātmyam.
48. Devyupaniṣad.
49. Dehasthadevatācakrastotra. (author Abhinavagupta).
50. Jñānakārikā.
51. Jñānārṇavatantra.
52. Jñānasaṇkalinītantra.
53. Durgāstōtram.
54. Dhammapada.
55. Dharmacakrapravartanasūtra (pali).
56. Dhātupāṭha.
57. Dhvanyāloka.
58. Dhyānabindūpaniṣad.
59. Īśopaniṣad.
60. Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā (author Utpaladeva).
61. Yogabīja (author Gorakshanath).
62. Yogabhāṣyavivaraṇa (author Shankara).
63. Yogavārttika (author Vijnyana-bhikshu).
64. Yogavāsiṣṭha (author Gaupada or Shankara).
65. Yogaviṣaya (author Matsiendranath).
66. Yogadṛṣṭisamuccayavyākhyā (author Haribhadra).
67. Yogakuṇḍalinyupaniṣad.
68. Yogarasāyana (author Brahmananda).
69. Yogasārasaṃgraha (author Vijnyana-bhikshu).
70. Yogasiddhāntacandrikā(author Narayana-tirtha).
71. Yogasudhākara.
73. Yogatārāvalī (Shankara).
74. Yogatattvopaniṣad.
75. Yogacandrikā (Anantadeva).
76. Yogacintāmaṇi (Shivananda).
77. Yoginītantra.
78. Yonistotram.
79. Yonitantra.
80. Yuktidīpikā (Vachaspati Mishra).
81. Кaivalyopaniṣad.
82. Kālacakratantra.
83. Kālīvilāsatantra.
84. Kālikāpurāṇa.
85. Kalisaṇṭāraṇopaniṣad.
86. Kāmagīta (a fragment of the Mahabharata).
87. Kāmakalāvilāsatantra.
88. Kāmākhyatantra.
89. Kāmasūtra (Vatsyayana Mallanaga).
90. Kathāsaritsāgara (Somadeva).
91. Kaṭhopaniṣad (with the commentaries of Sankara, Ramananda, Rangaramanuja).
92. Kaulajñānanirṇaya.
93. Kaularahasya.
94. Kaulopaniṣad.
95. Kauṣītākyupaniṣad.
96. Kenopaniṣad.
97. Kubjikāmatatantra.
98. Kulānandatantra.
99. Kulārṇavatantra.
100. Kumārasaṃbhava (Kalidasa)
101. Kuṇḍalinītantra.
102. Khecarīvidyā.
103. Kṣurikopaniṣad.
104. Layayogasaṃhitā.
105. Lalitavistara.
106. Laṅkāvatārasūtra.
107. Maitrāyaṇoupaniṣad.
108. Mālinīvijayottaratantra.
109. Paurūravasamanasijasūtra.
110. Gauḍapādakārikā.
111. Māndūkyopaniṣad.
112. Manmathasaṃhitāyām.
113. Manusmṛti.
114. Mahābhārata.
115. Mahānirvānatantra (pali).
116. Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna-sutta (pali).
117. Mokṣadharma (a part of the Mahabharata).
118. Mṛgendratantra.
119. Muktikopaniṣad.
120. Muṇḍakopaniṣad.
121. Nādabindopaniṣad.
122. Nārāyaṇopaniṣad.
123. Nātyaśāstra.
126. Nirālambopaniṣad.
127. Nirukta.
128. Niruttaratantra.
129. Nyāyabhāṣya (Vatsyayana).
130. Nyāyasūtra (Akshapada).
131. Paramahaṃsopaniṣad.
132. Parāpraveśikā.
133. Parātriṃśikātattvavivaraṇa (Abhinavagupta).
134. Pātañjaladarśana.
135. Pātañjaladarśanam.
136. Pāśupatasūtra )with comentary of Kaundinya).
137. Prāṇatoṣiṇītantra.
138. Pratyabhijñāhṛdaya.
139. Praśnopaniṣad.
140. Praśnottaramālikā.
141. Rājamārtāṇḍa.
142. Rāmāyaṇa (Valmiki).
143. Ṛgveda.
144. Saṅgītaratnākara.
145. Sāṃkhyakārikā.
146. Sāṃkhyakārikābhāṣya (Gaudapada).
147. Sāṃkhyapravacanabhāṣya (author Vijnyana-bhikshu)..
148. Sāṃkhyapravacanasūtra .
149. Sāṃkhyasūtrāṇi.
150. Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha.
151. Sarvasāropaniṣad.
152. Satipaṭṭhānasutta.
153. Saundaryalaharī.
154. Svachandatantra.
155. Siddhasiddhāntapaddhati (Gorakshanath).
156. Skandapurāṇa.
157. Spandakārikā (Vasugupta).
158. Spandapradīpikā.
159. Taittirīyopaniṣad.
160. Tantrāloka (Abhanavagupta).
161. Tantrasadbhāva.
162. Tantrālokasāra (Abhanavagupta).
163. Tārātantra.
164. Tattvavaiśāradi (commetary of the Yoga Sutra).
165. Tattvakaumudī (Vachaspati Mishra).
166. Tattvārthasūtra (Uma-svati).
168. Tirukkuṟaḷ (Tiruvalluvar).
169. Toḍalatantra.
170. Haṃsopaniṣad.
171. Haṭhayogapradīpikā (Swatmarama, and commentary Jyotsna by Brahmananda).
172. Haṭharatnāvalī (Shrinivasa).
173. Hevajratantra.
174. Сakrakaumudī (Badarinath).
175. Carakasaṃhitā.
176. Gyuzhi (tibetian).
177. Chāndogyopaniṣad.
178. Śaktavijñāna.
179. Śāṇḍilyopaniṣad.
180. Śāradātilakatantra.
181. Subhāṣitatriśati (Bhartrihari).
182. Śatapathabrāhmaṇa.
183. Ṣaṭkarmadīpikā.
184. Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā.
185. Ṣaṭcakranirūpaṇa (Purnananda).
186. Śvetāśvataropaniṣad.
187. Śivadṛṣṭi (Somananda).
188. Śivayogadīpikā (Sadashiva).
189. Śivasaṃhitā.
190. Śivasvarodaya.
191. Śivasūtravimarśinī (Kshemaraja).
192. Śivasūtra (Bhaskara).
193. Yajurveda.
194. Yatipañcaka (Shankara).