Patañjali
Pātañjalatantra (medical treatise)
Traditional attribution
Pātañjalatantra (medical treatise)
पातञ्जलतन्त्र (Pātañjalatantra)
Known only from quotations in medieval medical compendia (such as the Yogaratnākara or Cakrapāṇidatta's commentary), some of which have parallels in the saṃhitās of Caraka and Suśruta. It does not survive as a book.
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Authorship note
A medical treatise quoted in medieval works as the authority of a medical Patañjali; Meulenbeld (1999) gathers the fragments and regards it as the work of an author distinct from the grammarian and the yoga author.
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Other works by Patañjali
- Yoga Sūtras (The Aphorisms of Yoga) · 325
- Samādhipāda (Chapter on Concentration)
- Sādhanapāda (Chapter on Means)
- Vibhūtipāda (Chapter on Powers)
- Kaivalyapāda (Chapter on Isolation)
- Yogabhāṣya (Commentary on the Yoga) · 325
- Mahābhāṣya (The Great Commentary) · 150
- Revision of Caraka's treatise (lost)
- Nidānasūtra (aphorisms on Vedic metre)
- Paramārthasāra (The Essence of Supreme Truth)
Sources
- Meulenbeld, G. Jan. A History of Indian Medical Literature, vol. IA. Groninga: Egbert Forsten, 1999 (sobre los Patañjali médicos y la estrofa de Bhoja).
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