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# Vedic Age

# Vedic Age

# The Pre-classical Age or Epic Age

# Upanishadic Age

# The Classical Age

# The Age of Patanjali

# The Post Classical Age

# The Post Classical Age

# Modern Age

# Modern Age

=== Vedic Age ===

=== वैदिककालः ॥ Vedic Age ===

Vedic Yoga is portrays ritualistic ceremonies, which requires yoga practitioners to transcend the boundaries of the mind, traced back to the period of Rig Veda. Great explorers of early yoga, naming a few, are Vasistha, Yajanavalkya etc.

Vedic Yoga, traced back to the period of Rigveda, portrays ritualistic ceremonies which require yoga practitioners to transcend the boundaries of the mind. Great explorers of early yoga, are Vasistha, Yajanavalkya etc.

=== Pre - Classical Age ===

=== औपनिषदिककालः  ॥ Upanishadic Age ===

This the main source, from which we get documented information about Yoga practices and the related literature during this period, are available in Upanishad texts. Yoga was slowly refined and developed by Rishis (mystic seers) who documented their practices and beliefs in the Upanishads.

Upanishadic texts are the main source for the documented information about Yoga practices and related literature of this period. It is said that the Rishis slowly refined and developed Yoga and documented their practices and beliefs in the Upanishads.

=== Classical Yoga ===

=== पतञ्जलेः कालः ॥ The Age of Patanjali ===

The classical period is defined by Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the first systematic presentation of yoga. This was written sometime in the second century. This text describes the path of Raja Yoga, often called ‘Classical Yoga\. Patanjali organized the practice of Yoga into an ‘eight limbed path’ containing the steps and stages towards obtaining Samadhi. Patanjali is often considered the father of Yoga and his Yoga, Sutras still strongly influence most styles of modern yoga.

The central period in the history of Yoga is defined by Maharshi Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the first systematic presentation of yoga. This was written sometime in the second century. This text describes the path of Raja Yoga, often called ‘Classical Yoga\. Patanjali organized the practice of Yoga into an ‘eight limbed path’ containing the steps and stages towards obtaining Samadhi. Patanjali is often considered the father of Yoga and his Yoga, Sutras still strongly influence most styles of modern yoga.

=== Post-Classical Yoga ===

=== Post-Classical Yoga ===