The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Patañjali.,	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Ballantyne, James Robert	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Dvivedi, M. N.	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Dvivedî, Manilal N.	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Feuerstein, Georg	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Hartranft, Chip	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Judge, William Quan	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Misŕa, Vâchaspati	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Prasâda, Râma	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Ranganathan, Shyam	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Sastri, Govind Deva	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Scheepers, Alfred	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Shearer, Alistair	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Shearer, Alistair	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Swami, Shri Purohit	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Woods, James Haughton	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Carnets du Yoga n° 78 - Avril 1986 by Carnets du Yoga

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The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: A Biography by David Gordon White

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Patanjali's Raja Yoga: A Revelation of the Science of Yoga by Rishi Singh Gerwal

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2nd century BCE (imputed)

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