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  2. Patanjali - Wikipedia

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    Patanjali is also the reputed author of a medical text called Patanjalah, also called Patanjala or Patanjalatantra. [22] [62] This text is quoted in many yoga and health-related Indian texts. Patanjali is called a medical authority in a number of Sanskrit texts such as Yogaratnakara, Yogaratnasamuccaya, Padarthavijnana, Cakradatta bhasya. [22]

  3. Maharishi - Wikipedia

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    Maharishi (Sanskrit: महर्षि, lit. 'great seer', IAST : Maharṣi ) is a Sanskrit word used for members of the highest order of ancient Indian sages, popularly known in India as "seers", i.e., those who engage in research to understand and experience nature , divinity , and the divine context of existence, and these experiences ...

  4. Bharadvaja - Wikipedia

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    Bharadvaja (Sanskrit: भरद्वाज, IAST: Bharadvāja; also spelled Bharadwaja) was one of the revered Vedic sages () in Ancient India.He was a renowned scholar, economist, grammarian and a physician.

  5. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Patañjali, its traditional snake form indicating kundalini or an incarnation of Shesha. The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali (IAST: Patañjali yoga-sūtras) is a compilation "from a variety of sources" [1] of Sanskrit sutras on the practice of yoga – 195 sutras (according to Vyāsa and Krishnamacharya) and 196 sutras (according to others, including BKS Iyengar).

  6. Mahabhashya - Wikipedia

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    Mahabhashya (Sanskrit: महाभाष्य, IAST: Mahābhāṣya, IPA: [mɐɦaːbʱaːʂjɐ], "Great Commentary"), attributed to Patañjali, is a commentary on selected rules of Sanskrit grammar from Pāṇini's treatise, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, as well as Kātyāyana's Vārttika-sūtra, an elaboration of Pāṇini's grammar.

  7. History of Transcendental Meditation - Wikipedia

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    Alternative medicine author Vimal Patel writes that the Maharishi derived TM from Patanjali's Yoga. [109] Chryssides writes that the Maharishi and his teacher, Brahmananda Saraswati , were from the Shankara tradition of Advaita Vedanta and that the TM-Sidhi program is "based on Patanjali 's Yoga Sutras".

  8. Samyama - Wikipedia

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    Samyama is practiced consistently by yogis of some yoga meditation systems and schools, from simple meditation alone to week-long meditation retreats or more. Described in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, it comprises the three most mentally focusing "limbs" of Patanjali's Eight-limbed ("Astanga") in his Yoga Sutras.

  9. Bhartṛhari - Wikipedia

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    He believed that sphoṭa carries the meaning of the word(s) and is revealed to the listener upon hearing the word(s). [11] Unlike Patanjali, Bhatrihari applies the term sphoṭa to each element of the utterance, varṇa ( varṇasphoṭa; the letter or syllable), pada ( padasphoṭa; the word), and vākya ( vākyasphoṭa; the sentence).