The Sanskrit term Indriyavṛtti can be transliterated into English as Indriyavrtti or Indriyavritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

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

Indriyavṛtti (इन्द्रियवृत्ति) refers to the “activity of (all) the senses”, according to the Yogatārāvalī: a short Yoga text of twenty-nine verses presenting Haṭhayoga as the means to Rājayoga (i.e., Samādhi).—Accordingly, while discussing the connection between Haṭhayoga and Rājayoga: “For great adepts [of yoga], an extraordinary absorption of the breath arises, [which is] free from the activity of all the senses (sarva-indriyavṛtti-śūnya). [It is brought about] by the cessation of the [normally] unrestrained process of breathing. [Such cessations] are called Kevalakumbhaka. There are no gazing points, no fixing of the mind [on a meditation-object], no time or place, no [deliberate] stopping of the breath, nor the effort of concentration and meditation when Rājayoga is flourishing”.

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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).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Indriyavṛtti (इन्द्रियवृत्ति).—f. function of the organs.

Derivable forms: indriyavṛttiḥ (इन्द्रियवृत्तिः).

Indriyavṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indriya and vṛtti (वृत्ति).

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

Indriyavṛtti (इन्द्रियवृत्ति):—[=indriya-vṛtti] [from indriya > indra] f. sensitive faculty, [Kapila]

[Sanskrit to German]

Indriyavritti 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vritti, Indriya.

Full-text: Pratyaya, Matra.

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