16 Facts About Patanjali

Patanjali, called Gonardiya or Gonikaputra, was a Hindu author, mystic and philosopher.

Patanjali is believed to be an author and compiler of a number of Sanskrit works.

Patanjali continues to be honoured with invocations and shrines in some forms of modern postural yoga, such as Iyengar Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.

Many scholars including Louis Renou have suggested that the Patanjali who wrote on Yoga was a different person than the Patanjali who wrote a commentary on Panini's grammar.

English translation: I bow with my hands together to the eminent sage Patanjali, who removed the impurities of the mind through yoga, of speech through grammar, and of the body through medicine.

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Sage Patanjali is said to have attained Samadhi through yogic meditation at the Brahmapureeswarar Temple located at Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu, India.

Jeeva Samadhi of sage Patanjali, which is an enclosed meditation hall, can be seen near the Brahma's shrine within Brahmapureeswarar Temple complex.

Patanjali wrote a Mahabhasya on Panini's sutras, in a form that quoted the commentary of Katyayana's varttikas.

Radhakrishnan and Moore attribute the text to the grammarian Patanjali, dating it as 2nd century BCE, during the Maurya Empire .

Patanjali's Samadhi is said to be at Rameswaram Shiva temple and a shrine for him still exists in the temple.

Patanjali relates to how words and meanings are associated – Patanjali claims shabdapramaNaH – that the evidentiary value of words is inherent in them, and not derived externally – the word-meaning association is natural.

Patanjali defines an early notion of sphota, which would be elaborated considerably by later Sanskrit linguists like Bhartrihari.

Patanjali is often stated as having claimed there was a hostility between the orthodox Brahminic groups and the heterodox, nAstika groups, like that between a mongoose and a snake.

Patanjali is the reputed author of a medical text called Patanjalah, called Patanjala or Patanjalatantra.

Patanjali is called a medical authority in a number of Sanskrit texts such as Yogaratnakara, Yogaratnasamuccaya, Padarthavijnana, Cakradatta bhasya.

Patanjali is honoured with invocations and shrines in some modern schools of yoga, including Iyengar Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.