Pranava - Put Awkwardly

This 1883 translation of The Yoga Sutras gives an indication of the awkwardness, the excessibe formality characterizing Sanskrit translation to this day.







The Yoga aphorisms of Patañjali - Page 36

Patañjali, Bhojarāja (King of Malwa), Rājendralāla Mitra (Raja) - 1883 - 349 pages - Free Google eBook - Read
His indicator is the Pranava. Of the Isvara thus described, the " indicator," name, expressive word, whereby one is thoroughly (pra=prakarsheffa) lauded (nu) or praised, glorified, or hymned is — pranava, which is the same with the ...

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