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The Yoga Sutra for the iPad, iPhone, & iPod Touch: an original, novel yet perfectly logical way to read, study, listen to, and learn to chant the Yoga Sutra - using digital palm-leaves, aka. flashcards! This is the long awaited modern update to an ancient classic! But this is not just an e-Book, or a set of flashcards; Yoga XTC's Yoga Sutra app is many things rolled into one:

• A new, remarkably readable and comprehensible English translation of the Yoga Sutra

• An effective tool for learning to read the sutras in the Devanagari script • A powerful way to learn the sounds of the Yoga Sutra - sutra by sutra, or word

by word - an audio recording is just a tap away • The Search function is essentially a convenient Sanskrit-English Yoga Sutra

dictionary - ever wonder where "asana" is mentioned in the Yoga Sutra? Search and instantly discover its context within the Yoga Sutra!

Experience the ancient technology of Yoga via the modern technology of an app, and enjoy a rewarding experience of the Yoga Sutra… …May this app deepen your understanding of the Yoga Sutra!

Home Menu

When you launch the app, you will find yourself at the Home Menu (pictured above). This is where you make chapter selections – one, or all - just tap on your desired choice.

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Selection Menu After making your chapter selection, you will come to the Selection Menu (pictured below). Here you may be select individual sutras, or all; again, select as many, or as few as you want:

• Tap on a ticked box to deselect • Tap on an empty box to select

TIP: By default, all sutras are selected. Tapping the ticked “All” box, all the sutras will be deselected. The buttons on the toolbar at the bottom are as follows: Home: takes you to the Home Menu ?: provides in-app instructions, should you need it Sutra-by-Sutra: whole sutras only Word-by-Word: breaks each sutra into the component words only Both: first breaks each sutra into the component words, then strings them together as the whole sutra. Start: takes you to the first card.

Search The Selection Menu is also where you perform Searches; to do so, type in the search field. Please note that the Search function acts as a Sanskrit-English dictionary, as such, only the Sanskrit terms are searchable.

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The Cards

Title

Chapter Sutra Number, this is Chapter 1, Sutra 1.

Sutra in Devanagari

Sutra transliterated

shuffles * deletes card plays switches to English mode the cards from selection pronunciation (English-side up) opens “Settings” page plays Slideshow “Home” & “?” buttons function as described in the Selection Menu section. Each card has a Sanskrit-side (as in the example above) and an English-side. By default, the cards are in Sanskrit Mode (Sanskrit-side up, English on the reverse-side). Also, by default: • The cards display both Devanagari & Standard Transliteration • Slideshow Loop mode is turned “OFF” As always: • Swipe left to advance to the next card • Swipe right to return to the previous card • Tap the card to flip it from Sanskrit-side to English-side, or vice-versa TIP: if you swipe until you cannot swipe anymore, chances are you have reach the final card of your selection. * Returning “Home” reinstates all deleted cards.

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Settings

Slideshow Loop “ON” – the selected cards will automatically advance after playing the audio file; when it reaches the end of the selection, it will return to the first card; this will continue until it the “stop” button is pressed. The “stop” button will take the take of the “play” button, when the Slideshow is on. Slideshow Loop “OFF” – the slideshow will end upon reaching the last card of the selection.

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Sandhi & Sanskrit If you are wondering why the word endings of some words change when the are broken down as “words”, and when they are in the context of a sūtra, the reason is sandhi. Sandhi literally means “junction’ and there exists a complex set of rules governing how words should join together. Sanskrit places utmost importance to how the language flows and how it affects the speaker / listener. Hence, when the ending of one word, and the beginning of the next word are discordant, word-endings are changed to make the transition between the two words smooth and harmonious. For example, in Sutra 1.2 the first word words are “yogaḥ” and “citta”. But the “aḥ” sound followed by the “c” sound creates a jerk in the heart and breath. If you place your hand on your heart, and repeat aloud “yogaḥ citta”, we will feel / sense that jerk. Therefore, according to the rules of sandhi, when these two particular words join, the “aḥ” must be replaced by a “ś” sound, making the two words “yogaścitta” instead. Now place your hand on your heart, and say aloud “yogaścitta”… and you will notice that the jerk is no longer there. That is sandhi. But this is just one example of sandhi. There are many other types of Sandhi with their corresponding rules about the transformation of word-endings. For more information about Sanskrit, please visit www.yogaxtc.com/sanskrit

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May you always strive for Samādhi And may you be blessed with the experience of Samādhi!