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A painting from the Persian translation of Yoga Vasistha manuscript, 1602 During the Mughal Dynasty the text was translated into Persian several times, as ordered by Akbar , Jahangir and Darah Shikuh . [ 2 ]
The below list gives an overview of the contents and stories in the Yoga Vasistha, as it appears in Swami Venkatesananda's translation. The same stories are included in the Moksopaya, on which the Yoga Vasistha was based, as well. In the beginning of the book Vasistha states that the stories have a "definite purpose and a limited intention.
In 1006 A.H, the prince had commissioned a translation of Yoga Vasistha, after both Vasistha and Rama appeared before Dara Shikoh and embraced him in his dream. [38] Translation was undertaken by Nizam al-Din Panipati this translation came to be known as the Jug-Basisht , which has since become popular in Persia among intellectuals interested ...
In his extensive commentary on the Persian translation of the Mahabharata (Razm-Nama in Persian) and Nizam al-Din Panipati's rendition of the Yoga Vasistha, he complains about the quality of the translation, which implies that he was familiar with Sanskrit. He was among a group of Persians at the Mughal court to engage with Indian thought.
Laghu Yoga Vasishtha (circa 10th century) by Abhinanda of Kashmir, is an abbreviated version of the original Yoga Vasistha. [10] Ananda Ramayana (circa 15th century CE) this is traditionally attributed to Valmiki. While it briefly recounts the traditional story of Rama, it is composed primarily of stories peripheral, though related, to Valmiki ...
In 1785 appeared the first Western translation of a Sanskrit-text. [125] It marked the growing interest in the Indian culture and languages. [ 126 ] The first translation of Upanishads appeared in two parts in 1801 and 1802, [ 126 ] which influenced Arthur Schopenhauer , who called them "the consolation of my life".
The translation was done during the Mughal Dynasty in the sixteenth century A.D. and became popular in Persia among intellectuals with Indo-Persian interests since then. [3] In the Story of Bhusunda, a chapter of the Yoga Vasistha, a very old sage, Bhusunda, recalls a succession of epochs in the earth's history, as described in Hindu cosmology.
These descriptions in turn were exploited by the 15th century Hatha Yoga Pradipika. [1] The Vasishtha Samhita shares many verses with the Yoga Yajnavalkya, some of which originate in the earlier Padma Samhita. [2] The text, ascribed to the earlier sage Vasishtha, was compiled by an unknown author of the Vaishnavite Shakta sect.