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English: The Yogasutra is an ancient Hindu text on Yoga philosophy. As a sutra, it is terse and needs interpretation and commentary called bhasya in the Hindu tradition. The Yogasutra is a widely followed and translated text since at least about the late 1st millennium CE.
Patanjali Ayurved is an Indian multinational conglomerate holding company, based in Haridwar. It was founded by Ramdev and Balkrishna in 2006. [ 5 ] Its office is in Delhi , with manufacturing units and headquarters in the industrial area of Haridwar. [ 6 ]
Patanjali Foods, formerly known as Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd, is an Indian multinational fast-moving consumer goods company specialized in the food industry, part of the Patanjali Ayurved. It is headquartered in Indore , India .
Withania somnifera, known commonly as ashwagandha, [2] [3] [4] is an evergreen shrub in the Solanaceae or nightshade family that grows in India, Nepal, the Middle East, and parts of Africa. Several other species in the genus Withania are morphologically similar. [ 3 ]
Within the genus Withania, W. somnifera (Ashwagandha) and W. coagulans (Paneer doddi/Ashutosh booti) are economically significant, and are cultivated in several regions for their use in Ayurveda. [3] It is claimed to help control diabetes. [4] The berries contain a rennet-like protease that can be used to clot milk for cheese production.
For example, the 17th-century Sarvanga yoga pradipikå, a Braj-bhashya commentary by Sundardas, teaches three tetrads of Yogas. The first group is Bhakti yoga , Mantra yoga, Laya yoga , and Carcha yoga; the second is Hatha yoga , Raja yoga, Laksha yoga, and Ashtanga yoga ; the third is Samkhya yoga, Jñana yoga , Brahma yoga, and Advaita yoga.
Balkrishna (known as Acharya Balkrishna, born 4 August 1972) is an Indian billionaire businessman, author and chairman of the consumer goods company Patanjali Ayurved. [3] [4] He was reported by Forbes to have a net worth of US$2.3 billion as of May 2021.
For example, some secondary metabolites are toxins used to deter predation, and others are pheromones used to attract insects for pollination. Secondary metabolites and pigments may have therapeutic actions in humans, and can be refined to produce drugs; examples are quinine from the cinchona , morphine and codeine from the poppy , and digoxin ...