As a deity name
Name 767 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
पातञ्जल · pātanjal · adj.
Composed by Patanjali — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 214
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
composed by Patañjali
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
pātañjala mf(ī)n. composed by Patañjali
pātañjala m. a follower of the Yoga system of P˚, Cat.
pātañjala n. the Y˚ s˚ of P˚, ib. (also ˚līya n.)
pātañjala n. the Mahā-bhāṣya of P˚, ib.
pātañjala n. (-laṃ) The Yoga system of philosophy. E. patañjali the sage by whom it was first taught, aṇ aff.
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