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Patanjali

200 BC - 150 BC

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Patanjali (Sanskrit: पतञ्जलि, IAST: Patañjali, Sanskrit pronunciation: [pɐtɐɲdʑɐli]; 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 on analysis of this work suggests that its author(s) may have lived between the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE. An author of the same name is credited with the authorship of the classic text on Sanskrit grammar named Mahābhāṣya, that is firmly datable to the 2nd century BCE, and authorship of medical texts possibly dating from 8th-10th centuries CE. The two works, Mahābhāṣya and Yoga Sutras, are completely different in subject matter, and Indologist Louis Renou has shown that there are significant differences in language, grammar and vocabulary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patanjali is the 4th most popular linguist (up from 19th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from India (up from 91st in 2019) and the most popular Indian Linguist.

Patanjali is most famous for his Yoga Sutras.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Patanjali ranks 4 out of 214. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, Edgar de Wahl, and Pāṇini. After him are Noam Chomsky, Max Müller, William James Sidis, Noah Webster, Mahmud al-Kashgari, Roman Jakobson, Mesrop Mashtots, and Rasmus Rask.

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Among people born in 200 BC, Patanjali ranks 1. After him are Kanada, Judas Maccabeus, Simon Thassi, Zhang Qian, Lentulus Batiatus, Mithridates V of Pontus, Mattathias, Jonathan Apphus, John Hyrcanus, Gaius Claudius Glaber, and Aristobulus I. Among people deceased in 150 BC, Patanjali ranks 1. After him are Demetrius I Soter, Seleucus of Seleucia, Diogenes of Babylon, Mago, Marcus Octavius, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Apollodorus the Epicurean, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Aristobulus of Alexandria, Manius Aquillius, and Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla.

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In India

Among people born in India, Patanjali ranks 19 out of 1,861. Before him are Pratibha Patil (1934), Mahavira (-599), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Amitabh Bachchan (1942), Droupadi Murmu (1958), and Nagarjuna (150). After him are B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Shah Rukh Khan (1965), and Rudyard Kipling (1865).

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Among LINGUISTS In India

Among linguists born in India, Patanjali ranks 1. After him are Mary Boyce (1920), and Monier Monier-Williams (1819).

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