History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.130

v7.c94.130

The V. S. II. 1. 3 indicates that the Sūtrakāra had before him a body of Yoga doctrines, some of which were the same as those of the Sānkhya and he also knew Samādhi (V. S. II. 3. 39). Again, the V. S. mentions (in IV. 2. 21) Yogins and distinguishes Sānkhya and Yoga as smārta (and not śrauta). Śan̄karācārya on V. S. I. 3. 33 quotes the extant Yogasūtra II 44 (svādhyāyādiṣṭa-devatā-samprayogaḥ) and on²²⁸⁰ V. S. II. 4. 12 he appears to be willing to admit that the Yoga-sūtra preceded V. S. and quotes Yogasūtra I. 6 in the 2nd interpretation of that sūtra.