Siva Sutras - The Yoga of Supreme Identity

by Jaideva Singh

Siva Sutras are considered to be a revealed book of the Yoga: supreme identity of the individual self with the Divine. Dr. Jaideva Singh has studied the book with the help of his guru Swami Laksmana Joo, the sole surviving exponent of this system in Kashmir and has provided an English Translation of the Sutras together with the commentary of Ksemaraja. Each Sutra is given in Devanagari as well as in Roman Script. Then the meaning of every word of the Sutra is given in English, followed by a translation of the whole Sutra. This is followed by the Vimarsini Commentary in Sanskrit and its English translation, copious notes on important and technical words and a running exposition of the main ideas of the Sutra. A long introduction, together with an abstract of each Sutra, throws a flood of light on the entire system of Saiva Yoga. A Glossary of technical terms and index are appended for the convenience of the reader.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Sambhavopaya
• Saktopaya
• Anavopaya
• Conclusion
• Glossary of technical terms
• Subject index
• Index to important Sanskrit words
• Alphabetical index to the Sutras.

About the Author :

Jaideva Singh was a great scholar in musicology, philosophy and Sanskrit. He served as Chief Producer in All India Radio and as Chairman of U.P. Sangit Natak Academi. He was awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1974. He published several books in Hindi and English translations of Kashmir Saiva texts, such as Siva-Sutras, Spanda-Karika, Pratyabhijnahrdayam, Vijnanabhairava.

Review:

"An excellent translation of Kshemaraja's commentary on the sutras with an exposition of the main ideas of each aphorism."