In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

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

Aparayoga (अपरयोग) refers to “an internal Yoga endowed with an internal Mudrā”, according 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.—In the opening verses [of Amanaska's second chapter], Vāmadeva asks Śiva to teach him the aparayoga because he has learnt the pūrvayoga. Śiva responds by saying that pūrvayoga is an external yoga endowed with an external Mudrā, and aparayoga is an internal Yoga endowed with an internal Mudrā. It is then revealed that the internal yoga is called Rājayoga and its internal Mudrā is Śāmbhavī Mudrā. The entire second chapter is on Rājayoga, which is the Yoga Vāmadeva wanted to know. [...] Thus, pūrvayoga and aparayoga are best understood as the preliminary and advanced yoga respectively.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aparayoga (अपरयोग):—[=a-para-yoga] mfn. without another addition, unmixed, [Āpastamba]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Yoga, Apara.

Full-text: Purvayoga, Rajayoga.

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