The Yoga Sutras of PataĂąjali is a collection of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga - 195 sutras (according to VyÄsa and Krishnamacharya) and 196 sutras (according to other scholars including BKS Iyengar). The Yoga Sutras was compiled in the early centuries CE, by the sage Patanjali in India who synthesized and organized knowledge about yoga from much older traditions.