Patañjali

Patañjali (devanāgarī: पतञ्जलि) is regarded as the compiler of the Yoga Sūtras, an important collection of aphorisms on Yoga practice.

The dates proposed for Patañjali's birth and life vary by a millennium. Some authorities suggest that he lived in the 4th century BCE, while others insist that he must have lived in the 6th century CE. About this, Mme. Blavatsky wrote:

The date assigned to him by the Orientalists is 200 B.C. and by the Occultists nearer to 700 than 600 B.C. At any rate he was a contemporary of Pânini.

See also

• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
• Rāja Yoga
• Yoga