There are quite a number of abridged versions, marked "sāra" or "saṅgraha". If one adds the many versions in varying selections from the source text, markedly differing in volume, that exist in unedited manuscripts, their number becomes almost unmanageable. There is as yet no definitive and authoritative overview of all of the existing abbreviations, since on occasion also individual versions in singular manuscripts come to light.
Some of them are commented (like that of Mahīdhara, written in 1597), others uncommented, most in Sanskrit, some in the vernacular languages (like the one of Kavindrācārya Sarasvatī [17th century], the Bhāṣā-Yogavāsiṣṭhasāra).
An anonymous compilation called (Yoga-)Vāsiṣṭhasāra in about 200 stanzas was edited and translated by Peter Thomi. 2 vols. Wichtrach 1999.

Regards,
WS


Am Sa., 26. März 2022 um 17:56 Uhr schrieb alakendu das <mailmealakendudas@rediffmail.com>:
Dr.Walter Slate,
Thanks for your references.However, I am curious to know the name of the  author of YogVashishthaSara.
Regards.
Alakendu Das.

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From: Walter Slaje <walter.slaje@gmail.com>
Sent: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:00:59 GMT+0530
To: alakendu das <mailmealakendudas@rediffmail.com>
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] YogVashishthaSara

There are two articles of comparatively recent origin which deal with this subject in desirable detail:

1) Stinner, Susanne: Sāras, Saṃgrahas und 'Laghus': Kurzfassungen des Mokṣopāya, in: The Mokṣopāya, Yogavāsiṣṭha and related texts: (based on revised versions of lectures delivered at the "Mokṣopāya Panel" held at the 29th German Oriental Conference in Halle), ed. by Jürgen Hanneder. Aachen, 2005, S. 91-104.

2) Hanneder, Jürgen: The Mokṣopāyasaṅgraha, in: The Mokṣopāya, Yogavāsiṣṭha and related texts: (based on revised versions of lectures delivered at the "Mokṣopāya Panel" held at the 29th German Oriental Conference in Halle), ed. by Jürgen Hanneder. Aachen, 2005, S. 105-112.


Kind regards,
Walter Slaje

Am Sa., 26. März 2022 um 07:21 Uhr schrieb alakendu das via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>:

Respected Scholars , 
Can anyone enlighten me on the authorship or the compiler of the text " YogVashishthaSara", which happens to be a set of preachings rendered
 by Sage Vashishtha to his pupil Lord Rama.It is a compendium of interpretations of Adwaitya Vedanta( Absolute Monism).
Regards.
Alakendu Das.

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