The Sanskrit term Śāstrasamuccaya can be transliterated into English as Sastrasamuccaya or Shastrasamuccaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shastrasamuchchaya.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

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

Śāstrasamuccaya (शास्त्रसमुच्चय) refers to a “multitude of scriptures”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Some who are full of pride because they know a multitude of scriptures (śāstrasamuccaya), do not know the [true] teaching, not even by [studying] hundreds of texts. [Because their minds] are agitated by hundreds of conceptual processes consisting of meditation and so forth, [all of which are] grounded in desire [for some particular reward], they do not find the desired state that is to be obtained, however hard they torture [themselves]. [...]”.

context information

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).

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shastra, Samuccaya.

Ends with: Jyotihshastrasamuccaya, Nitishastrasamuccaya.

Full-text: Nitishastrasamuccaya, Samuccaya.

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