Primary sources of yoga
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
Yoga texts from the first centuries AD
Texts of the Hatha Yoga tradition (since the 11th century AD)
Yoga texts devoted to sexual practices
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).