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Patanjali The sage Patanjali lived in India approximately 2,200 years ago. A great scholar and philosopher, he was the author of classical treatises on Yoga philosophy (the Yoga Sutras), Sanskrit grammer (Pada Shastra) and Indian medicine (Ayurveda). Patanjali showed his mastery of Yoga and language by codifying the entire Yoga system (Darsana) in just 196 sutras (epigrams). Tribute is often made to Patanjali using the sloka (verse) written by Bhartrihari.