![]() Some even see Patanjali as a form of Adishesha, the cosmic serpent on whom the universe rests. ![]() ![]() ![]() Preferring mythistorical origins, Indian yoga schools have often lauded Patanjali as no less than an incarnation of Shiva, who in his form as Mahayogi is the archetypal practitioner of yoga and patron deity of yogis, and when worshipped as Dakshinamurti is the root guru of yogic knowledge. The question of attribution with Indian texts can be further complicated by the fact that an author would sometimes append his master’s name to his own work if he felt he was transmitting the pure teaching he had inherited with no personal additions or interpretations. Over the years tradition has connected the author of the sutras with several people bearing the same name- a great grammarian, a Vedic priest, a renowned teacher of Sankhya and a south Indian Shaivite guru among them. Just who Patanjali was is open to question. If there is one text that almost everybody who practises yoga will have heard of, even if they have never read it, it is the Yoga Sutra of Maharishi Patanjali. ![]()
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