Glossary Of Yogic Terms
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"Relax With Yoga", by Arthur Liebers, [1960],
p. 93
Glossary Of Yogic Terms
\"Akasa:" infinite, omnipresent material of the universe.
"Anima:" power to assimilate oneself with an atom.
"Asana:" a posture; a Yoga exercise.
"Ashram:" Yoga retreat.
"Avyakta:" that which is unperceived, indiscrete.
"Bandha:" a mystic breathing exercise.
"Brahmacarya:" continence; chastity; abstinence from sexual indulgence.
"Chakra:" a nerve center.
"Dharana:" mental effort involved in selecting one object out of many for concentration.
"Dhyana:" contemplation; gazing.
"Garima:" power to be as heavy as anything.
"Guna:" a thing of sense.
"Guru:" Yoga teacher or leader.
"Hatha Yoga:" system of Yoga for care of the body; physical Yoga.
"Ida:" left nostril.
"Isvata:" power to create.
"Jna:" that which knows or discriminates.
"Joytis:" light.
"Kaivalya:" state of oneness.
"Kanda:" point below the navel from which 72,000 "nadis" issue.
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\"Karma:" cosmic operation of a form of retributive justice, under which a person's status in life is determined by his owns deeds in a previous incarnation.
"Karma-nadi:" a nerve in which the vital air is supposed to reside.
"Kumbhaka:" retention or suspension of the breath.
"Kundalini:" sleeping goddess within the internal organs.
"Laghima:" power to be as light as cotton or any similar thing.
"Mahavideha:" condition in which knowledge of every description is within easy reach of the ascetic and obtainable without effort.
"Mahima:" power to expand oneself into space.
"Mitahara:" moderation in diet.
"Moksha:" state of bliss.
"Mrnalakomalavapu:" slimness of a lotus stalk; one of the goals of Hatha Yoga.
"Mudra:" one of the higher practices of Yoga; a psycho-physiological practice or exercise.
"Muladhara:" navel.
"Mukti:" salvation; deliverance; emancipation from rebirth.
"Nadi:" a nerve.
"Niyama:" cleanliness, contentment, mortification, study and self-surrender to good.
"Padma:" a nerve center.
"Pingala:" right nostril; also, anything conducting a positive electrical current in the human body.
"Prakamya:" power of having all wishes, of whatever description, realized.
"Prana:" life; vitality; breath; infinite, omnipresent power of the universe.
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\"Pranayama:" regulation of the respiratory movements as a means of control of the vital forces.
"Prapti:" power of reaching anywhere, even to the moon. Pratibha: intuition.
"Pratyahara:" restraining or withholding the senses; introspection.
"Puraka:" inhalation.
"Purusa:" soul.
"Raja Yoga:" system of Yoga which leads to spiritual growth; mental Yoga.
"Rechaka:" exhalation.
"Sahasradala":" brain (literally, "the thousand-petaled lotus").
"Samadhi:" a trance; state of suspended sensation; superconsciousness; perfect relaxation.
"Samatva:" freedom from emotion.
"Samyama:" contemplation, absorption, trance; a way to several occult powers which conducts the Yogi to conscious "samadhi".
"Sankya Yoga:" Yoga of the mind.
"Siddha:" a master of Yoga.
"Siddhi:" one of several miraculous powers.
"Stilhi:" state in which the mind is at a standstill.
"Sunyaka:" suspension of the breath.
"Susumna:" spinal cord.
"Sutras:" writings of a sage.
"Vasvita:" power to command all.
"Vyakta:" that which is perceived, sensible, discrete.
"Yama:" non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, continence and non-receiving of any gifts.
"Yogin:" a practitioner of Yoga.
"Relax With Yoga", by Arthur Liebers, [1960],
p. 93
Glossary Of Yogic Terms
\"Akasa:" infinite, omnipresent material of the universe.
"Anima:" power to assimilate oneself with an atom.
"Asana:" a posture; a Yoga exercise.
"Ashram:" Yoga retreat.
"Avyakta:" that which is unperceived, indiscrete.
"Bandha:" a mystic breathing exercise.
"Brahmacarya:" continence; chastity; abstinence from sexual indulgence.
"Chakra:" a nerve center.
"Dharana:" mental effort involved in selecting one object out of many for concentration.
"Dhyana:" contemplation; gazing.
"Garima:" power to be as heavy as anything.
"Guna:" a thing of sense.
"Guru:" Yoga teacher or leader.
"Hatha Yoga:" system of Yoga for care of the body; physical Yoga.
"Ida:" left nostril.
"Isvata:" power to create.
"Jna:" that which knows or discriminates.
"Joytis:" light.
"Kaivalya:" state of oneness.
"Kanda:" point below the navel from which 72,000 "nadis" issue.
p. 94
\"Karma:" cosmic operation of a form of retributive justice, under which a person's status in life is determined by his owns deeds in a previous incarnation.
"Karma-nadi:" a nerve in which the vital air is supposed to reside.
"Kumbhaka:" retention or suspension of the breath.
"Kundalini:" sleeping goddess within the internal organs.
"Laghima:" power to be as light as cotton or any similar thing.
"Mahavideha:" condition in which knowledge of every description is within easy reach of the ascetic and obtainable without effort.
"Mahima:" power to expand oneself into space.
"Mitahara:" moderation in diet.
"Moksha:" state of bliss.
"Mrnalakomalavapu:" slimness of a lotus stalk; one of the goals of Hatha Yoga.
"Mudra:" one of the higher practices of Yoga; a psycho-physiological practice or exercise.
"Muladhara:" navel.
"Mukti:" salvation; deliverance; emancipation from rebirth.
"Nadi:" a nerve.
"Niyama:" cleanliness, contentment, mortification, study and self-surrender to good.
"Padma:" a nerve center.
"Pingala:" right nostril; also, anything conducting a positive electrical current in the human body.
"Prakamya:" power of having all wishes, of whatever description, realized.
"Prana:" life; vitality; breath; infinite, omnipresent power of the universe.
p. 95
\"Pranayama:" regulation of the respiratory movements as a means of control of the vital forces.
"Prapti:" power of reaching anywhere, even to the moon. Pratibha: intuition.
"Pratyahara:" restraining or withholding the senses; introspection.
"Puraka:" inhalation.
"Purusa:" soul.
"Raja Yoga:" system of Yoga which leads to spiritual growth; mental Yoga.
"Rechaka:" exhalation.
"Sahasradala":" brain (literally, "the thousand-petaled lotus").
"Samadhi:" a trance; state of suspended sensation; superconsciousness; perfect relaxation.
"Samatva:" freedom from emotion.
"Samyama:" contemplation, absorption, trance; a way to several occult powers which conducts the Yogi to conscious "samadhi".
"Sankya Yoga:" Yoga of the mind.
"Siddha:" a master of Yoga.
"Siddhi:" one of several miraculous powers.
"Stilhi:" state in which the mind is at a standstill.
"Sunyaka:" suspension of the breath.
"Susumna:" spinal cord.
"Sutras:" writings of a sage.
"Vasvita:" power to command all.
"Vyakta:" that which is perceived, sensible, discrete.
"Yama:" non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, continence and non-receiving of any gifts.
"Yogin:" a practitioner of Yoga.
