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The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki

By Vālmīki (traditional)

Translated by Vihari-Lala Mitra

Bonnerjee and Co., Calcutta, 1891, Four volumes in seven parts, 1891–1899

First written c. 6th–14th century CE (uncertain)

In the public domain

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The first complete English translation of the Yoga Vāsiṣṭha, in which the sage Vasiṣṭha teaches the disillusioned prince Rāma that the world is the mind’s projection and liberation the knowledge of the one consciousness. The reader gives its chapters on the seven stages.

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Vālmīki (traditional). The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki. Translated by Vihari-Lala Mitra. Four volumes in seven parts, 1891–1899. Bonnerjee and Co., Calcutta, 1891.

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@misc{sources-yoga-vasishtha-mitra,
  title = {{The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 8, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/yoga-vasishtha-mitra}
}