[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.2117 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2117 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2117 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2117) PATAÑJALI. A celebrated commentator in Sanskrit. Patañjali is one of the best commentators of Pāṇini's Vyākaraṇasūtras. Pandits are of opinion that he got his name Patañjali to mean that people should worship (añjali) at his foot (pāda). He was such an adorable person. Pandits believe that Patañjali is the author of Yogasūtra and Carakasaṃhitā. A few believe that Patañjali was the incarnation of Ādiśeṣa. But modern scholars are of opinion that Patañjali, the commentator and Patañjali the author of Yogasūtras are two different persons. - [Previous: c8.2116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2116) - [Next: c8.2118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2118) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (3) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Yogasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.yoga.yogasutra) — Patañjali (author of the Yogasūtra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2117) · Pramāṇa