Rajendralala Mitra. The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali with the commentary of Bhoja Raja

An English Translation By Rajendralala Mitra. Calcutta : Printed By J. W. Thomas, Baptist Missi0n Press. 1883. — 474 p.Raja Rajendralal Mitra (15 February 1822 – 26 July 1891) was the first modern Indologist of Indian origin and the first scientific historiographer from Bengal. He was a pioneer figure in the Bengali renaissance and was a noted antiquarian and archaeologist... As a librarian of the Asiatic Society, Rajendralal was charged with cataloging Indic manuscripts that were collected by the Pandits of the Society. He, along with several other scholars, followed a central theme of European Renaissance that emphasised the collection of ancient texts (puthi) followed by their translation into the lingua franca. A variety of Indic texts, along with extensive commentaries, were published, especially in Bibliotheca Indica, and many were subsequently translated into English. Mitra's instructions for the Pandits to copy the texts verbatim and abide by the concept of varia lectio (different readings) has been favourably critiqued.
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