History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s21.56

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In the Deccan College Collection there are two mss. of Yogī-Yājñavalkya (Nos. 91 and 388 of 1899-1915) in twelve chapters and about 495 verses. The colophon at the end of the first chapter in the latter ms. describes it in the style of the Bhagavadgītā.³³⁹ Yājñavalkya is said to have learnt Yogaśāstra from Brahmā and expounds it to his wife Gārgī. The whole work deals with the eight aṅgas of *yoga*, their divisions and subdivisions. Out of the several quotations cited above from Yoga-Yāj. only one was found in this work. It contains a verse (I. 68 aṣṭau grāsā muneḥ proktāḥ &c) which is practically the same as Baud. Dh. S. II. 7.