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Yoga Studies

This guide will support Yoga Studies students and faculty in their research and practice.

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Hinduism -- Sacred Texts: Library Catalog
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Open Web

Two of the most reliable and user-friendly places to search for texts that are out of copyright are:

Hathi Trust Digital Library
Find full-text scans of out-of-copyright books (mostly 1920s and earlier) contributed by American university libraries and major research institutions.
The Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free digitized resources: books, movies, software, music, and more.

Other Sources on the open web that are out of copyright:

Sacred Texts: Hinduism
A collection of sources, including Vedas, Upanishads, Epics, and more recent texts in Hinduism and Yoga.
The Yajur Veda (Taittiriya Sanhita)
30 Minor Upanishads
108 Upanishads
The order as given in the Muktika Upanishad.

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