The Books Sānk and Pātanğal : A Socio-cultural History of al-Bīrūnī's Interpretations of Sāṅkhya and Yoga (Perspectives on Islamicate South Asia)

This book focuses on translations by al-Bīrūnī (ca. 973-1050) of Indian philosophical texts from Sanskrit into Arabic. It explores the social and intellectual contexts that gave him the resources to study Indian culture and to transmit its sciences to his peers.