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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchObservances (of spiritual practice) are denoted by the Sanskrit term Vrata, according to the Śivayogadīpikā by Sadāśivayogīśvara: a text dealing with Śaivism and Haṭhayoga in two hundred and eighty-nine verses.—Accordingly, while discussing the difference between Rājayoga and Śaivayoga: “[...] Devotion is gnosis full of Śiva, and Śaiva gnosis is Śiva’s nature. Since Śaiva observance (vrata) is worship of Śiva, Śiva's yoga is five-fold. He who is without the practice [of worshipping] Śiva is certainly a bound soul, and he goes round and round forever in this cycle of birth and death”.
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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Starts with: Observance Day.
Ends with: Ascetic observance, Domestic observance, Fake observance, Religious observance.
Full-text (+2181): Vrata, Sadacara, Samadana, Niyama, Carya, Kulacara, Niyamanishtha, Atyacara, Candrayana, Vratin, Brahmavrata, Shilasaptami, Shrauta, Vrataruci, Karmabhrashta, Vidyavrata, Shantika, Karmanishtha, Niccasila, Dharmacarana.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 10.3 < [Section I - The Four Castes and their Purely Legitimate Progeny]
Verse 4.13 < [Section III - The Observances of the Accomplished Student]
Verse 5.153 < [Section XIV - Duties of Women]
Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
On duties to the student < [18. Duties (Vatta)]
Duties on one on probation < [12. Probation (Parivāsa)]
The story of makers of strife < [4. Invitation (Pavāraṇā)]
Sankhayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section LXXV < [Anusasanika Parva]
Section CCCLIV < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Section CXII < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
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