In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

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

Svalpāhāra (स्वल्पाहार) refers to “(taking) little food”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [Now], I shall define the nature of that highest, mind-free absorption which arises for those devoted to constant practice. [...] By means of an absorption for a quarter of a day, a man would take little food (svalpāhāra), [his] urine and excrement is little and there is a suppleness and lustre to [his] body. [...]”.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

svalpāhāra (स्वल्पाहार).—m (S) Eating little; a slight repast; 2 attrib. also svalpāhārī a Moderate in eating, abstemious, temperate.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

svalpāhāra (स्वल्पाहार).—m Eating little; a slight repast.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Svalpāhāra (स्वल्पाहार).—a. eating very little, most abstemious.

Svalpāhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms svalpa and āhāra (आहार).

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

Svalpāhāra (स्वल्पाहार).—Adj. Most abstemious.

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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: Ahara, Svalpa.

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