Biography Of Maharishi Patanjali – Free PDF Download

PATANJALI

• It is believed that Maharishi Patanjali was the avatar of Adi Shesha – the Infinite Cosmic Serpent upon whom Lord Vishnu rests. He is considered to be the compiler of the Yoga Sutras, along with being the author of a commentary on Panini’s Ashtadhyayi, known as Mahabhasya.
• He is also supposed to be the writer of a work on the ancient Indian medicine system, Ayurveda.

MAHABHASYA

• The life history of Patanjali is full of legends and contradictions. There are no authentic records regarding his birth. As per one legend, he fell (pata) into the hands (anjali) of a woman, thus giving him the name Patanjali.
• Patañjali is believed to have lived in the second century BCE.He wrote a Mahabhasya on Panini’s sutras.
• Maharishi Patanjali, “The Father of Yoga”, compiled 195 sutras, which serve as a framework for integrating Yoga into the daily routine and leading an ethical lifeRead

 YOGA

• The text fell into obscurity for nearly 700 years from the 12th to 19th century, and made a comeback in late 19th century due to the efforts of Swami Vivekananda and others. It gained prominence again as a comeback classic in the 20th century.
• The Mahābhāṣya (“great commentary”) of Patañjali on the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini is a major early exposition on Pāṇini.
• Kātyāyana’s work (nearly 1500 vārtikas on Pāṇini) is available only through references in Patañjali’s work.
• The exact date of the compilation of the Yoga Sutras is not known. However, it is believed that they were written somewhere around 200 BC. The core of Patanjali’s teachings lies in the eightfold path of yoga. The path shows the way to live a better life through yoga.
• Some say that Patañjali also wrote a treatise on ayurvedic medicine.
• Certainly, the texts in question focus on what could well have been Patañjali’s main interests: the diagnosis of disease; the structure and function of the human body; the problem of keeping the body fit, pleasing-feeling and good looking; and the curative values and properties of drugs and the techniques required to administer them. All these are mentioned in the Yoga Sutras

ASHTANG YOGA

• यम
• नियम
• आसि
• प्राणायाम
• ध्याि
• धारणा
• प्रत्याहार
• समानध

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