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Patanjali was a male Indian linguist, mathematician, philosopher, and writer who flourished around 200 BCE. He adhered to the Samkhya worldview and wrote in Telugu. His notable works include the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Vyâkarana-Mahâbhâshya, which is also referred to as The vyâkaraṇa-mahâbhâshya, Vyākaraṇamahābhāṣyam, Pāṇinīyavyākaraṇamahābhāṣyam, and Vyākaraṇamahābhāsyam.

He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary. Open Library lists him under the author name Patañjali with the key OL1023A, recording a work count of 53.

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53

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  • The Vyâkarana-Mahâbhâshya of Patanjali
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  • Vyākaraṇamahābhāṣyam
  • Pāṇinīyavyākaraṇamahābhāṣyam
  • Vyākaraṇamahābhāsyam

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male
Place of birth
India
Occupation
writer
Religion
Samkhya
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Telugu
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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Identities
  • Name
  • Life
  • Grammatical tradition
  • Yoga tradition
  • Tamil Saivite legend
  • Works
  • Yoga Sūtra
  • {{IAST|Mahābhāṣya}}
  • Sphota
  • Metaphysics as grammatical motivation
  • Patanjalatantra
  • Legacy
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

upright=1.15|thumb|Patanjali as an avatar of Shesha

Patanjali (, , ; also called Gonardiya or Gonikaputra) was the name of one or more author(s), mystic(s) and philosopher(s) in ancient India. His name is recorded as an author and compiler of a number of Sanskrit works. The greatest of these are the Yoga Sutras, a classical yoga text. Estimates based on analysis of this work suggests that its author(s) may have lived between the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE.

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