The Sanskrit term Ādhyātmaśāstravicāra can be transliterated into English as Adhyatmasastravicara or Adhyatmashastravicara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Adhyatmashastravichara.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Ādhyātmaśāstravicāra (आध्यात्मशास्त्रविचार) is the name of a manuscript related to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with topics as absorption (laya), yogic powers (siddhi) and liberation, presented in the form of a dialogue between Īśvara and Vāmadeva.—There are two manuscripts of the Amanaska from Pune with the names Ādhyātmaśāstravicāra (P2 ) and Adhyātmaśāstra (P3 ). The first is augmented by many additional Sanskrit verses which have been scattered throughout the original text of the Amanaska, whereas the second has no additional verses, but is accompanied by a large commentary in Marathi. Both the additional Sanskrit verses and the Marathi commentary make these manuscripts unique, and their different names appear to reflect this.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Partial matches: Adhyatmashastra, Vicara.

Full-text: Adhyatmashastra.

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