Maharishi Patanjali is known to be a philosopher and yogi in India. He has worked on Sanskrit grammar and discovered Ayurveda. He is the father of yoga who has given about 195 yoga sutras to human beings so as to teach them to lead a healthy and a religious life. He is the incarnation of Adisesha, a serpent on which Vishnu relax. The only motive behind his birth was to teach human beings the great art of Yoga.