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Patanjali: Works & Legacy

Patanjali (Sanskrit: पतञ्जलि, IAST: Patañjali, Sanskrit pronunciation: ; also called Gonardiya or Gonikaputra) was the name of one or more author(s), mystic(s) and philosopher(s) in ancient India. His name is recorded as an author and compiler of a number of Sanskrit works. The greatest of these are the Yoga Sutras, a classical yoga text. Estimates based…

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Patanjali topic overview

The analysis highlights Works and Legacy as prominent areas in the source structure around Patanjali.

Related topics
73
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
85
Extracted relationships
241
Concept neighborhoods
23
Bridge connections
85

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 20 topics
Life · 18 topics
Works · 17 topics
Identities · 11 topics
Legacy · 5 topics
Name · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Samkhya
Kapila
Secular
Valluvar
Vaisheshika
Kaṇāda, Prashastapada
Yoga
Patanjali

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Identities

Name

Life

Works

Legacy

Bibliography

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Patanjali connects Entity context

The extracted context around Patanjali shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Patanjali → According, Amongst, As, Aṣṭādhyāyī, BCE, Buddhism, Carakavarttika, CE, Charaka Samhita, Ganesh Sripad Huparikar, Great, Great Commentary, He, Hindu, Indian, Indian Yoga, It, Jainism, Khanda-anvaya, Kātyāyana Another extracted example is Patanjali → An Interpretation, An Introduction, Biography, Brief History, Bryant, Cambridge University Press, Chapter, Classical Sāṃkhya, Commentary, Date, David Gordon, Edwin, Gavin, Gerald James, Hinduism, Idea, India's, Indian Philosophies, Indian Philosophy, ISBN. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Patanjali

Top relations

related to Identities · 45
Patanjali → According, Amongst, As, Aṣṭādhyāyī, BCE, Buddhism, Carakavarttika, CE, Charaka Samhita, Ganesh Sripad Huparikar, Great, Great Commentary, He, Hindu, Indian, Indian Yoga, It, Jainism, Khanda-anvaya, Kātyāyana
related to Bibliography · 44
Patanjali → An Interpretation, An Introduction, Biography, Brief History, Bryant, Cambridge University Press, Chapter, Classical Sāṃkhya, Commentary, Date, David Gordon, Edwin, Gavin, Gerald James, Hinduism, Idea, India's, Indian Philosophies, Indian Philosophy, ISBN
related to Works · 25
Patanjali → Also, As, Bengali, Bhojadeva's Rajamartanda, Caraka, Carakapratisaṃskṛtaḥ, Carakasaṃhitā, Chakrapani Datta, Charaka, In, Mahābhāṣya, Most, Patanjalicarita, Patañjali, Sanskrit, Sources, The, This, Whether, While
related to Yoga tradition · 23
Patanjali → According, BCE, Bhaṣya, Bhāṣya, Bryant, CE, Common Era, Edwin Bryant, He, In, Maas, Maurya Empire, Moore, Patañjali, Patañjali's Yogasutra's, Phillipp Maas, Radhakrishnan, Skt, Some, This Patañjali's
related to Grammatical tradition · 18
Patanjali → BCE, Buddhist, Chinese, For, He, I-tsing, In, India, Indian, Kātyāyana's, Mahabhasya, Maurya Empire, Of, Panini's, Patañjali, Sanskrit, The, This
related to Patanjalatantra · 18
Patanjali → Cakradatta, Carakavarttika, Charaka Samhita, Hindu, Indian, Mahabhasya, Padarthavijnana, Patanjala, Patanjalah, Patanjalatantra, Sanskrit, Some, Sushruta Samhita, The, There, This, Yogaratnakara, Yogaratnasamuccaya
related to External links · 13
Patanjali → Bradley, Dowden, Fieser, Internet ArchiveWorks, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James, LibriVox, OCLC, Philosophy, Project GutenbergWorks, The Yoga Sutras, Works
related to Life · 11
Patanjali → Grammar, In, James Wood, Louis Renou, Many, Panini's, Patañjali, Surendranath Dasgupta, The, Western, Yoga
related to Mahābhāṣya · 11
Patanjali → Aṣṭādhyāyī, Buddhist, Katyayana, Mimamsa, Nyaya, Patañjali, Pāṇini, Sanskrit, The Mahābhāṣya, These, Varttika
related to Legacy · 6
Patanjali → Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, David Gordon White, Iyengar Yoga, The, White, Yoga Sutra

Important terminology

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Important terminology

yoga text century sanskrit patañjali author mahābhāṣya commentary grammar also sutras scholars texts name indian called medical authors tradition works

Patanjali relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 241 structured relationships around Patanjali. Examples in this analysis include Patanjali → Samkhya → Kapila and Patanjali → Secular → Valluvar. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PatanjaliSamkhyaKapila1.00infobox
PatanjaliSecularValluvar1.00infobox
PatanjaliVaisheshikaKaṇāda, Prashastapada1.00infobox
PatanjaliYogaPatanjali1.00infobox
Buddhisminstance ofgrammar and philosophy of language have also influenced scholars of other Indian religions0.80text
Jainism.The compiler of the Yoga sūtrasinstance ofgrammar and philosophy of language have also influenced scholars of other Indian religions0.80text
a text on Yoga theoryinstance ofgrammar and philosophy of language have also influenced scholars of other Indian religions0.80text
practiceinstance ofgrammar and philosophy of language have also influenced scholars of other Indian religions0.80text
and a notable scholar of Samkhya school of Hindu philosophyinstance ofgrammar and philosophy of language have also influenced scholars of other Indian religions0.80text
Yogaratnakarainstance ofand Patanjali is called a medical authority in a number of Sanskrit texts0.80text
Yogaratnasamuccayainstance ofand Patanjali is called a medical authority in a number of Sanskrit texts0.80text
Padarthavijnanainstance ofand Patanjali is called a medical authority in a number of Sanskrit texts0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Patanjali bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Sanskrit, Called and Scholars. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Mahābhāṣya
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    • Mahābhāṣya
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    • Mahābhāṣya
    • Tradition
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    • Patanjali
    • Commentary

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Patanjali, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Patanjali with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Patanjali — Overview · splits 65 ⟂ 21
Patanjali — Life · splits 67 ⟂ 19
Patanjali — Works · splits 68 ⟂ 18
Patanjali — Identities · splits 74 ⟂ 12
Patanjali — Legacy · splits 80 ⟂ 6
Patanjali — Bibliography · splits 80 ⟂ 6
Patanjali — Name · splits 83 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Patanjali

Nodes86
Edges85
Triples241
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023256
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Patanjali to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works & Legacy, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Patanjali · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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