A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s6.16

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The Yogaśataka, once a popular work in India and popular in Sri Lanka until recent times, was also known in Tibet and Central Asia. Its popularity in Central Asia appears from the fragments of a bilingual MS from Kucā, containing the Sanskrit text of parts of the Yogaśataka⁴⁶⁹ and their translation into Tocharian B.⁴⁷⁰ The Tocharian version, which is not a literal one, has been expanded by adding explanations, though it follows the Sanskrit text closely. The date of the MS cannot accurately be determined, but it may belong to the seventh century or a somewhat earlier period.471