While going through&nbsp; a Translation of YogVashishthaSara by Swami Dhireshananda , ( publisher -Udbodhan Karyalaya, Kolkata)it transpired that the authorship of YogVashishthaSara conventionally&nbsp; and popularly goes by the name of Valmiki,&nbsp;<div>Regards</div><div>Alakendu Das.<br><br>Sent from RediffmailNG on Android<br><br><br><br><br>From: Nataliya Yanchevskaya &lt;markandeia@gmail.com&gt;<br>Sent: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 09:20:38 GMT+0530<br>To: Dominik Wujastyk &lt;wujastyk@gmail.com&gt;<br>Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] YogVashishthaSara<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">I should have said 'by [the Sanskrit] tradition' (I thought it was clear from the second part of my sentence though), however, it&nbsp;still&nbsp;would be unclear 'by whom.' :)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 27, 2022, at 21:25, Dominik Wujastyk &lt;wujastyk@gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">"are considered"&nbsp; ... by whom?&nbsp; (those dratted subjectless passives :-)<br></div></div><br><div><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 26 Mar 2022 at 18:02, Nataliya Yanchevskaya via INDOLOGY &lt;indology@list.indology.info&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">As far as I know, all the Yogavāsiṣṭhas (including the Sāra and Laghu) are considered to be 'Rāmāyaṇas' and as such are ascribed to Vālmīki (the same way as the Mahābhārata is traditionally ascribed to Vyāsa).<br><div>All the best,</div><div>Nataliya</div><div>--------</div><div>Nataliya Yanchevskaya</div><div>Lecturer in Sanskrit&nbsp;</div><div>and South Asian Studies</div><div>Princeton University</div></div><br><div><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 12:57 PM alakendu das via INDOLOGY &lt;indology@list.indology.info&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dr.Walter Slate,<div>Thanks for your references.However, I am curious to know the name of the&nbsp; author of YogVashishthaSara.</div><div>Regards.</div><div>Alakendu Das.<br><br>Sent from RediffmailNG on Android<br><br><br><br><br>From: Walter Slaje &lt;walter.slaje@gmail.com&gt;<br>Sent: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:00:59 GMT+0530<br>To: alakendu das &lt;mailmealakendudas@rediffmail.com&gt;<br>Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] YogVashishthaSara<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">
<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">There are two articles of comparatively recent origin which deal with this subject in desirable detail:</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1) 
Stinner, Susanne: <b>Sāra</b>s, <b>Saṃgraha</b>s und '<b>Laghu</b>s': 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.

</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">2) 
Hanneder, Jürgen: The Mokṣopāya<b>saṅgraha</b>, 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.

</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Kind regards,</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Walter Slaje</div>

</div></div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Am Sa., 26. März 2022 um 07:21&nbsp;Uhr schrieb alakendu das via INDOLOGY &lt;indology@list.indology.info&gt;:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>Respected Scholars ,&nbsp;<div>Can anyone enlighten me on the authorship or the compiler of the text " YogVashishthaSara", which happens to be a set of preachings rendered<br>&nbsp;by Sage Vashishtha to his pupil Lord <a href="https://f6mobile.rediff.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http://Rama.It&amp;isImage=0&amp;BlockImage=0&amp;rediffng=0&amp;rdf=X2cDYANtUzpWZlJjBjQCOlVnVDsMMgNoUGxaIgY0UjtQdg%3D%3D&amp;rogue=b4f46042f70227953454d9d0646d27741b1eab7f==" rel="external" target="_blank">Rama.It</a> is a compendium of interpretations of<span style="font-family:robotorbold">&nbsp;Adwaitya Vedanta( Absolute Monism).</span></div><div><span style="font-family:robotorbold">Regards.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:robotorbold">Alakendu Das.</span></div><div><br>Sent from RediffmailNG on Android<br></div><br><br>
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