Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.111

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c16.111

Patañjali also begins his *Yoga-Sūtras* with the Sūtra: "*Atha Yogānuśāsanam*." Here the prefix *anu* before the word *Śāsana* or "instruction in Yoga" indicates that it is not the first or original instruction in that subject but only its 'repetition', i.e. handed down from earlier times.

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Yogasūtra — Patañjali (author of the Yogasūtra), Sanskrit