Describe the history of yoga

The Samkhyatattvaloka : Aranya, Hariharananda Swami …

Swami Hariharananda Aranya (1869–1947).

Swami Hariharananda Aranya

Swami Hariharananda Aranya

Born()4 December

Bengal, India

Died19 April () (aged&#;77)

Madhupur, India

NationalityIndian
ReligionHinduism
Founder&#;ofKapil Math
PhilosophySamkhya-yoga[1]
GuruSwami Triloki Aranya

Disciples

  • Swami Dharmamegha Aranya and Swami Samadhi Prakash Aranya

Swami Hariharananda Aranya (–) was a yogi,[2] author, and founder of Kapil Math in Madhupur, India, which is the only monastery in the world that actively teaches and practices Samkhya philosophy.[3] His book, Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali with Bhasvati, is considered to be one of the most authentic and authoritative classical Sanskrit commentaries on the Yoga Sutras.[4][5][6] Hariharananda is also considered by some as one of the most important thinkers of early twentieth-century Bengal.[7]

Hariharananda came from a wealthy Bengali family and aft