Yoga is considered as a philosophical school in Hinduism. Yoga, in this context, is one of the six schools of Hinduism (those which accept the Vedas as source of knowledge).Due to the influence of Vivekananda, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are nowadays considered as the foundational scripture of classical yoga, a status which it only acquired in the 20th century. Before the twentieth century, other works were considered as the most central works, such as the and the while Tantric Yoga and Hatha Yoga prevailed over Ashtanga Yoga
