In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

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

Duḥkhātmaka (दुःखात्मक) refers to “painful (techniques)”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] What is to be gained by [manipulating] the vital winds, [even when] practised for a long time? [What gained] by the hundreds of [ways] of holding the breath, which cause sickness and are arduous, and by the many Mudrās, which are painful (duḥkhātmaka) and difficult to master? You [should] serve continually the one and only guru to obtain that [no-mind state] whose nature is innate, on the arising of which, the breath, mighty [though it is], instantly disappears by itself. [...]”.

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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

Duḥkhātmaka (दुःखात्मक):—[from duḥkha] mfn. whose essence is sorrow

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Duhkhatmaka in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Duḥkhātmaka (दुःखात्मक):—(a) tragic; sorrowful, lugubrious, full of suffering; hence ~[tā] (nf).

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Partial matches: Atmaka, Duhkha.

Starts with: Duhkhatmakatva.

Ends with: Sukhaduhkhatmaka.

Full-text: Duhkhatmakatva, Painful, Sukhaduhkhatmaka, Apriti, Vipaka.

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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)

Text 34 < [Chapter 2 - Dvitīya-yāma-sādhana (Prātaḥ-kālīya-bhajana)]

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