GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Patanjali
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Gautam
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Jaimini
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Sankaracharya
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ancient Sage Patanjali was an expounder of the Yoga Sutras one of the most important text of yoga covering all aspects of life.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The tradition of Patañjali in the oral and textual tradition of the Yoga Sūtras is accepted by traditional Vedic schools as the authoritative source on Yoga, and it retains this status in Hindu circles into the present day.
Detailed explanation-3: -The metaphysics of Patanjali is built on the same dualist foundation as the Samkhya school. The universe is conceptualized as of two realities in Samkhya-Yoga schools: Puruṣa (consciousness) and prakriti (mind, cognition, emotions, and matter).
Detailed explanation-4: -While the history of yoga goes far back in time, the physical aspects of the yogic practice were first detailed by sage Patanjali sometime between 400 and 500 CE. His work, the Yoga Sutras, are widely known for the information they contain about asanas or the physical component of yoga centred around postures.