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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maṇḍūkayoga (मण्डूकयोग).—a kind of abstract meditation in which the person who meditates sits motionless like a frog; मण्डूकयोगनियतैर्यथान्यायं निषेविभिः (maṇḍūkayoganiyatairyathānyāyaṃ niṣevibhiḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.142.9.

Derivable forms: maṇḍūkayogaḥ (मण्डूकयोगः).

Maṇḍūkayoga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇḍūka and yoga (योग).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Maṇḍukayoga (मण्डुकयोग).—m.

(-gaḥ) A kind of meditation in which the meditator sits motionless like a frog.

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

Maṇḍūkayoga (मण्डूकयोग):—[=maṇḍūka-yoga] [from maṇḍūka] m. ‘frog-meditation’ (in which an ascetic sits motionless like a f°-meditation)

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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, Manduka.

Starts with: Mandukayoganiyata, Mandukayogashayana.

Full-text: Mandukayoganiyata, Mandukayogashayana.

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