Original language of Yoga Suutra

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

 N. J. Allen himself writes in Hinduism as Indo-European,
 (p. 21, Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia, 1999)
 " However , Indology's general hostility to or neglect of Dumezil
 cannot be wholly explained by external factors. Explicit attacks
 on the content of his arguments have a long tradition (for a recent
 instance see Schlerath 1995-6) ..."

 B. Schlerath, 1995-6: Georges Dumezil und die Reconstruktion der
 indo-germanischen Kultur, Kratylos 40:1-48, 41:1-67

 Is there any critique on Allen's IE origins of yoga?

 Regards,
 SM

--- Stuart Ray Sarbacker <srsarbac at STUDENTS.WISC.EDU> wrote:
> >Is it beyond doubts that Sanskrit is the original language of Yoga Suutra?
> >Is it possible that it is a translation from some other language?
>
> There's an interesting recent article on the YS as being an extension
> of a Indo-European tradition.  It doesn't definitively address
> language but looks at "cognate" themes in the YS and the Odyssey
> among other references.  N.J. Allen "The Indo-European prehistory of
> yoga," International Journal of Hindu Studies 2, 1 (April 1998): 1-20.
>
> As far as I know there are suggestions of the YS being an extension
> of earlier Sanskrit sources (Hiranyagarbha, etc.) and its ideas being
> pre-Indo-European...but non-Sanskrit YS "text" I have not heard of.
> Have you found something to suggest this?
>
> all the best,
>
> Stuart


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