Contents:

1. Glimpses of Yoga in the Vedic Samhitas,

I. YOKE AS A SYMBOL OF YOGA IN THE VEDIC SAMHITAS,

II. HRDA-MANISA AS A DIRECT INDICATOR OF SERIOUS YOGIC SADHANA,

III. EVIDENCE OF THE AITAREYA UPANISAD,

IV. SQUEEZING OF SOMA  AS SYMBOLIC OF YOGIC SADHANA,

V. TAPAS AND YOGA,

2. Yogic Motifs in Indus Seals, .

I. PROBLEM OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VEDIC AND INDUS CIVILISATION,

II. YOGIC MOTIFS CONCERNING ASANAS,

III. THE MOTIF OF THE YOGIN IN SAMBHAVI MUDRA,

IV. YOGIC MESSAGE OF THE PASUPATI SEAL,

V. RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE PASUPATI SEAL AND THE CONTENT OF VEDIC MANTRAS,

VI. CORROBORATION BY THE YAJURVEDIC EVIDENCE,

3. Yogic Sadhana of Vedic Seers,

Visvamitra, Vamadeva, Bharadvaja, Vasistha, Dirghatamas, Agastya and the Sadhana of Reconciliation between the Vital and the Spiritual, Vatsa Kanya, Narayana and the Possibility of Transformation of the Human into the Divine, Hiranyagarbha, Vagambhrni, Patanga, Aghamarsana,

4. Yoga as the Cradle of the Vedic System of Education,

I. BEARING OF YAJNA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOGA,

II. UPANISADIC VIDYAS AS A LINK BETWEEN EDUCATION AND YOGA, III. INTEGRATIVE ROLE OF YOGA IN EDUCATION,

5. Consciousness and Yogic Sadhana in Saivism,

I. VEDIC ORIGIN OF SAIVISM,

II. SIVA  AS THE AUSPICIOUS ASPECT OF RUDRA,

III. DISCOVERY OF SIVA BY UPANISADIC SAGE THROUGH MEDITATION,

IV. EQUIVALENCE OF MACROCOSM AND MICROCOSM AS THE BASIS OF YOGIC SADHANA IN SAIVISM,

V. NADIS AND CAKRAS IN SAIVISM AS A VEDIC HERITAGE,

6. A Critique of Patanjali,

I. ADVERSE EFFECT OF THE SANKHYA METAPHYSICS,

II. CONSEQUENCE OF DEPARTURE FROM KAPILA'S FUNDAMENTAL STANDPOINT,

III. BRAHMI-STHITI VERSUS KAIVALYA,

IV. DISRUPTION OF THE INTEGRALITY OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH DIFFERENTIATION IN THE STATES OF SAMADHI,

V. CONFUSION OF KRIYA-YOGA AND RAJA-YOGA,

VI. LEANING TO THE BUDDHIST ETHOS,

VII. SANKARA'S CRITICISM OF PATANJALI,

7. Vedic Vision of Bondage and Liberation,