Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

patañjali पतञ्जलि – Patañjali

substantive masculine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

patañjali patañjali, is, m. (said to be de- rived fr. pata, falling, and añjali, the joined hands; Patañjali, according to a legend, having fallen from heaven in the shape of a small snake into the hands of the saint Pāṇini as he was joining his hands in reverence); N. of a saint or Muni teacher of the Yoga philosophy, (thence called Pātañjala); N. of the celebrated author of the Mahā-bhāṣya or great commentary on Pāṇini; a N. of the poet Vara-ruci.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

patañjali m. gaṇa śakandhvādi zu P. 6,1,94, Vārtt. 2. VOP. 2,13. N. pr. eines Mannes PRAVARĀDHY._in_Verz. d. B. H. 57,1. VĀYU-P._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 55,b,15. ein Sāṃkhya-Lehrer TATTVAS. 22. MADHUS._in_Ind. St. 1,22,18. Verz. d. B. H. No. 627. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 230. fgg. Grammatiker, der berühmte Verfasser des Mahābhāṣya. = gonardīya (= vararuci ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR.) TRIK. 2,7,25. H. 851. ṢAḌGURUŚIṢYA_bei_MÜLLER, SL. 239,1. MADHUS._in_Ind. St. 1,16,1 v. u. Verz. d. B. H. No. 764. ein Mediciner ebend. No. 974. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 235.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

patañjali m. N. pr. eines Philosophen, Grammatikers u. s. w. ˚yoga m. und ˚sūtra n. Titel zweier Werke OPP. CAT. 1.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

patañjali m. N. eines Philosophen u. Grammatikers.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

patañjali patañjali m. np. d'un philosophe fondateur du yoga; np. de plusieurs autres hommes.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

MAN 4 occurrences
Aṣṭāṅga Yoga Mantra 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • MAN AY 2.2 Segment 5

    Attested form: patañjalim Grammar of the segment: accusative singular

Ananta Mantra 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • MAN NN 2.2 Segment 5

    Attested form: patañjalim Grammar of the segment: accusative singular

Patañjali Mantra 2 occurrences

Direct occurrences

  • MAN PY 1.2 Segment 6

    Attested form: patañjalim Grammar of the segment: accusative singular

  • MAN PY 2.2 Segment 5

    Attested form: patañjalim Grammar of the segment: accusative singular

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