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**HedgeYourBets** · 11-18-2005, 08:42 AM

Pradheep..

There is nothing there in any Sanskritic works that talks much of yoga.. Yoga is written by Thirumoolar first around 3rd Cent CE - in Tamil. He has written extensively on Yoga. Read his Thirumantiram.

Patanjali's yoga sastras - in Sanskrit, contains only 165 lines with an average of just 5 words per line. It is just a brief mention of Yoga - nothing more.

Thirumoolar (according to legend) was the chief disciple of Nandithevar, a Tamil. Nandithevar had 8 disiciples and Patanjali, a Tamil was one of them.

PS. Nandithevar was a perfectly human looking man.. Don't mix him up with Siva's bull.

11-18-2005, 08:42 AM	#32
HedgeYourBets Join Date Aug 2008 Posts 4,655 Senior Member	Pradheep.. There is nothing there in any Sanskritic works that talks much of yoga.. Yoga is written by Thirumoolar first around 3rd Cent CE - in Tamil. He has written extensively on Yoga. Read his Thirumantiram. Patanjali's yoga sastras - in Sanskrit, contains only 165 lines with an average of just 5 words per line. It is just a brief mention of Yoga - nothing more. Thirumoolar (according to legend) was the chief disciple of Nandithevar, a Tamil. Nandithevar had 8 disiciples and Patanjali, a Tamil was one of them. PS. Nandithevar was a perfectly human looking man.. Don't mix him up with Siva's bull.
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