Patanjali
PataƱjali himself is generally depicted as half human and half serpent. His human torso emerges from the coils of the all-powerful serpent, who is awakening in the moment of creation. The serpent embodies that creative energy. It is coiled three and a half times. There is one coil each for the earth, the atmosphere, and the heavens. Or, again, one could each to represent his omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient natures. And then a further half-coil to show that he sets aside the material nature rises above them all, and is absorbed only in the world seen in meditation, being free from everything else..
