Articles discussing Patafijali
Patanjali
Prabhat Chandra Chakravarti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926
“According to the current tradition, as incorporated in Ramabhadra’s ‘Patafijala-carita’ and elsewhere, Patafijali i3 an incarnation of Sesa—the serpent-king holding the lord Nara- yana over his thousand heads.”
Some Problems of Indian Philosophy
Arthur Berriedale Keith · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932
“The essential question is whether there is proof of priority to Patafijali as is claimed.”
Puṣyāmitra and the Śuṅga Empire
Ramaprasad Chanda · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
“In his Introduction to the Mabhabhasys,® Patafijali explains fully the objects, all concerned more or lesa with the study of the Veda and the performance of sacrifice, of studying grammar and bases his arguments mainly on the authority of the Rks.”
The Evidence of Panini on Vasudeva‑Worship
Umesh Chandra Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925
A Note on the Evidence of Pāṇini on Vāsudeva‑worship
K. G. Subrahmanyam · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926
“Here we see Patafijali discussing all the possibilities, and finding po other way he comes to the conclusion that the word in question thould be the name of the Lord.”
Picture Showmen
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
“Patafijali, in the Mahabhagya, ca. 140 B.0., elucidates the use of the historical presemt hy reference (1) to dramatic representations of the Krepa legend given by a sort of actors called Saubhikas,”
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1953
“The significance of the preparatory stages and practices of Yoga is explained and the importance of the methodical approach in the system of Patafijali emphasised.”
Umāsvāti in Epigraphical and Literary Tradition
M. A. Dhaky · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1996
“In our times, he is recognized as an author who pioneered writing in Samskrta, in lieu of the canonical Ardhamagadhi, for doctrinal, dogmatical, and didactical teachings in the sutra style akin to the Yogasiitra of Patafijali.”
A Note on Sarasvatamandana
Satyavrat Verma · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1992