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Yoga (school of philosophy)

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

Pūrvayoga (पूर्वयोग) refers to “an external yoga endowed with an external 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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pūrvayoga (पूर्वयोग).—m. (in Mahāvastu also nt.; = Pali pubbayoga), lit. former connexion, i.e. deeds, adventures, lives in former incarnations: pratibhātu te vāgīśa tathāgatasya °go Mahāvastu i.267.10-11, let a previous life of the T. recur to your mind (there follows a story of a former life of the T. and of Vāgīśa together; but Senart is wrong in supposing that this ‘réunion antérieure’ is inherent in the meaning of the word); eteṣu pūrvayogā prakīrtitā śāstuno Mahāvastu i.338.9, previous lives or adventures in them; pūrvayoga-saṃpanna, per- fected in (thru) previous lives, said of the Buddha or Bodhi- sattva, Mahāvastu ii.259.11; 287.13; iii.320.2 (ye te sattvā °saṃ- pannā bhavanti te āryadharmacakraṃ pravartenti); colophons, Padumāvatīye pūrvayogaṃ Mahāvastu iii.172.4, and Rāhulabhadrasya pū° 175.19; etam eva °ga-parivartam Samādhirājasūtra 8.20; °ga-parivarta, title of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Chap. 7 (not ‘ancient devotion’ with Kern, nor ‘l’ancienne application’ with Burnouf, but a former existence, of Śākyamuni and others, under an ancient Buddha).

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

Pūrvayoga (पूर्वयोग):—[=pūrva-yoga] [from pūrva] m. olden time, history of o° t°, [Saddharma-puṇḍarīka]

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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: Purva, Yoga.

Starts with: Purvayogasampanna.

Full-text: Preliminary yoga, Aparayoga, Yoga, Pubba.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Purvayoga, Pūrvayoga, Purva-yoga, Pūrva-yoga; (plurals include: Purvayogas, Pūrvayogas, yogas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter XVI - Earlier history of Padumāvatī (former birth) < [Volume III]

Chapter XXVIII - The first Avalokita-sūtra < [Volume II]

Chapter XXXIX - The story of Yaśoda < [Volume III]

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Bhagavad-gita-rahasya (or Karma-yoga Shastra) (by Bhalchandra Sitaram Sukthankar)

Chapter 3 - The Science of Right Action (karma-yoga-śāstra)

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