Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t11.6

v1.c7.s7.t11.6

It is generally acknowledged that Patanjali was the creator of Yoga and the school’s earliest foundation text is the *Yoga-sūtra* by Patanjali. Containing additional parts incorporated later, the extant version of the sutra was compiled between 300 CE and 500 CE. There was an Indian grammarian active around 150 BCE who was also named Patanjali. If this grammarian and the author of the *Yoga-sūtra* were the same person, then we can establish with certainty that the early version of the sutra first appeared around 2ⁿᵈ century BCE.