Mahārṣi Patañjali - Serpent Sage of Yoga (18 × 24 in Poster) Frame style:Framed Adorned in layered gold ornaments

Adorned in layered gold ornaments

Revived by Somarasa – Curated as part of Somarasa’s mission to restore and share forgotten Indian visual culture with contemporary global audiences

a mandala of awakening

and life’s true purpose

later digitized and archived in a bound volume acquired by Sir Monier Monier-Williams for the Oxford Indian Institute Library during his 1883–1884 fundraising tour of India

Mahārṣi Patañjali - Serpent Sage of Yoga (18 × 24 in Poster) Frame style:Framed Adorned in layered gold ornamentsIndia ca. 19th Century Key Features Patajali The Nga Bodied Teacher of Yogic Science This 19th century gouache painting presents Mahri Patajali, the legendary sage revered as the systematizer of Yoga, Grammar, and Conscious Discipline. He is shown with a human head and torso merging into a serpent or fish like lower body, standing in ajali mudr hands joined in reverence. This iconography is not symbolic guesswork; it aligns precisely with classical