This page groups figures by the year their life is said to have begun. Wikipedia notes that "questions of historicity frequently arise in relation to historical studies of religion," since a birth year for an ancient figure is often an estimate rather than a fixed record. Browsing by lifespan start year lets a visitor compare how far back one figure's own life reaches against another's.
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Overview
What Defines This GroupingAccomplished practitioners of yoga and of ascetic discipline in the Indian traditions. The word names a practitioner rather than an office, is used across Hindu, Buddhist and Jain settings, and carries no institutional recognition comparable to ordination. 2 Learn More
The Yogis
This group holds yogis, accomplished practitioners and masters of yoga and ascetic spiritual discipline in the Indian traditions, figures marked by the powers and realisation attributed to long inner practice.
The browser will find the figures the atlas classes here. The entries describe each yogi's tradition and reputation, treating the extraordinary feats ascribed to them as the tradition's own account.
Lifespan Start Year
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Roots of Yoga
James Mallinson and Mark Singleton (trans. and eds.), Penguin Classics, 2017the introduction, on who counts as a yogiView the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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