Viniyoga: 22 definitions
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Viniyoga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Viniyog.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
The method of Viniyoga is a combination between Iyengar yoga and Ashtanga yoga.
It is based on the principle of vinyasa krama, and combines the following:
- asana,
- pranayama,
- meditation,
- text study,
- counseling,
- imagery,
- prayer,
- chanting,
- and ritual.
Viniyoga Yoga is a style of Hatha Yoga;
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).
Mīmāṃsā (school of philosophy)
Viniyoga (विनियोग) refers to “injunction of application ”. It is one of the four classifications of vidhi (injunciton).—Viniyoga-vidhi is a precept with a certain objective, which creates a desire to act, eg. “One desirous of attaining heaven should perform the agnihotra”. (a fire sacrifice)
Mimamsa (मीमांसा, mīmāṃsā) refers to one of the six orthodox Hindu schools of philosophy, emphasizing the nature of dharma and the philosophy of language. The literature in this school is also known for its in-depth study of ritual actions and social duties.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Viniyoga (विनियोग).—Employment separately of different persons or things for different purposes; cf. अहेति विनियोगे च (aheti viniyoge ca) P.VIII. 1.61;cf. also अह विनियोगे । विनियेगो नाम द्वयोः पुरुषयोंरेकस्मिन्कर्मणि एकस्य पुरुषस्य संबन्धः अन्यस्मिन्कर्मणि अपरस्य (aha viniyoge | viniyego nāma dvayoḥ puruṣayoṃrekasminkarmaṇi ekasya puruṣasya saṃbandhaḥ anyasminkarmaṇi aparasya) V.Pr.VI.21.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Viniyoga (विनियोग) or Viniyogavidhi (“rules for aiming at special ends in worship”) is the name of the thirty-first chapter of the Agastyasaṃhitā (agastya-suīkṣṇa-saṃvāda edition), an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the worship of Rāma, Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa and Hanumān.—Accordingly, Agastya offers at this point to tell how the (mūla-?) mantra may be employed to gain specific ends. These secrets he is about to impart were supposedly used to good advantage by Arjuna who, upon such instruction from Kṛṣṇa, proceeded by them to win the battle. [...]
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Viniyoga (विनियोग) refers to the “disciplined use (of the mantra)”, as discussed in second chapter of the Kāśyapasaṃhita: a Pāñcarātra Āgama text composed of 13 chapters dealing with snake-bites, poisons and curing their venom by use of the garuḍamantra while also dealing with worship and devotion. Description of the chapter [viniyoga-vidhi]:—Returning to the mantra, Gautama asks to know how it may be employed for special viniyoga-purposes. Kaśyapa says that there are six aims for which this mantra may gainfully be employed: śāntika, pauṣṭika, rakṣāvidhi, vaśya, ākarṣaṇa and kṣudravidhi (1-3). [...]
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
India history and geography
Viniyoga.—(SITI), an employment; use; expenditure. (EI 24), a tax; cf. Tamil vāśal-viniyogam (SITI), same as vāśal-paṇam; also sabhā-viniyoga (SII 13). Note: viniyoga is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Viniyoga, (vi+niyoga) possession, application, use DhsA. 151; VvA. 157; PvA. 171, 175. (Page 625)
viniyoga (ဝိနိယောဂ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[vi+ni+yuja+ṇa．viniyoga-saṃ．]
[ဝိ+နိ+ယုဇ+ဏ။ ဝိနိယောဂ-သံ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
viniyoga—
(Burmese text): (၁) ယှဉ်စပ်-ဆက်သွယ်-သုံးဆောင်-သုံးစွဲ-အသုံးပြု-ခြင်း။ (၂) ယှဉ်စပ်-ဆက်သွယ်-သုံးဆောင်-သုံးစွဲ-အသုံးပြု-ရာ(အခါ)။ (၃) ယှဉ်စပ်-ဆက်သွယ်-သုံးဆောင်-သုံးစွဲ-အသုံးပြု-အပ်သော။ (၂) အောက်ပုဒ်ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Comparison - Connection - Usage - Application - Utilization - Action. (2) Comparison - Connection - Usage - Application - Utilization - Occasion. (3) Comparison - Connection - Usage - Application - Utilization - Required. (4) See subpoint below.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
viniyōga (विनियोग).—m S Appointment, appropriation, application, disposal (to a duty or employment, purpose or use).
viniyōga (विनियोग).—m Appointment, application.
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
Viniyoga (विनियोग).—
1) Separation, parting, detachment.
2) Leaving, giving up, abandoning.
3) Employment, use, application, disposal; बभूव विनियोगज्ञः साधनीयेषु वस्तुषु (babhūva viniyogajñaḥ sādhanīyeṣu vastuṣu) R.17.67; प्राणायामे विनियोगः (prāṇāyāme viniyogaḥ) &c.; अनेनेदं तु कर्तव्यं विनियोगः प्रकीर्तितः (anenedaṃ tu kartavyaṃ viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ) |; आर्ष छन्दश्च दैवत्यं विनियोगस्तथैव च (ārṣa chandaśca daivatyaṃ viniyogastathaiva ca) Yogiyājñavalkya.
4) Appointment to a duty, commission, charge; विनि- योगप्रसादा हि किङ्कराः प्रभविष्णुषु (vini- yogaprasādā hi kiṅkarāḥ prabhaviṣṇuṣu) Kumārasambhava 6.62.
5) An obstacle, impediment.
6) Relation, corelation.
Derivable forms: viniyogaḥ (विनियोगः).
Viniyoga (विनियोग).—m.
(-gaḥ) 1. Giving or parting with anything for a considera- tion, or in expectation of some advantage. 2. Abandoning, leaving. 3. Separation or detachment from. 4. Impediment. 5. Appointment to any office, &c. 6. Application to or employment in. E. vi and ni, before yuj to join, aff. ghañ .
Viniyoga (विनियोग).—i. e. vi-ni-yuj + a, m. 1. Separation. 2. Abandoning, [Hitopadeśa] 99, 13. 3. Parting with anything in expectation of some advantage. 4. Appointment to any office. 5. Application to, or employment in, [Hitopadeśa] 98, 15.
Viniyoga (विनियोग).—[masculine] distribution; commission, charge; use, employment; relation, correlation.
1) Viniyoga (विनियोग):—[=vi-niyoga] [from vini-yuj] m. apportionment, distribution, division, [Nirukta, by Yāska]
2) [v.s. ...] appointment to ([locative case]), commission, charge, duty, task, occupation, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] employment, use, application ([especially] of a verse in ritual), [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka; Harivaṃśa] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] relation, correlation, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya; Pāṇini 8-1, 61 etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] = adhikāra, ‘governing rule’ [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 1-3, 11]
6) [v.s. ...] separation, abandonment, [Horace H. Wilson]
7) [v.s. ...] impediment, [ib.]
Viniyoga (विनियोग):—[vi-ni-yoga] (gaḥ) 1. m. Appropriation; parting with; separation; embargo; impediment; expenditure; employment.
Viniyoga (विनियोग):—(wie eben) m.
1) Vertheilung: ṛtvikkarmaṇām [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 8.] —
2) Anstellung an ein Geschäft (loc.), Beauftragung mit Etwas; die Einem angewiesene Beschäftigung: anenedaṃ tu kartavyaṃ viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ [Āhnikatattva im Śabdakalpadruma] sārathye madrarājasya [Mahābhārata 1, 542.] ataśca viniyoge sminbhavanto viniyojitāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 60, 38. 5, 90, 26.] pramādā hi kiṃkarāḥ prabhaviṣṇuṣu [Kumārasaṃbhava 6, 62.] viniyogaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ dhātaiva vidadhātyuta [Mahābhārata 12, 8528.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 48, 41.] —
3) Anwendung, Verwendung, Gebrauch (z. B. eines Verses im Ritual), überall bei Comm. [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 10, 33. 35.] [Jaimini 1, 32.] vyūhānāṃ viniyogajñaḥ [Harivaṃśa 13014.] guṇānāṃ balānāṃ ca ṣaṇām [Raghuvaṃśa 17, 67.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 292.] [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad S. 53. 206] (a) . [?266 (pl.). 269. 275. PAÑCAR.1,5,13.2,5,23.3,14,1 (pl.).4,5,9. S. 238. 278. Oxforder Handschriften 98,a,25. 106,b, No. 161. fg. 219], b, [No. 525. 229,a, No. 561.] tathānnaśeṣaviniyogaṃ kuryāt [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 253.] dhanasya saṃgrahaṇe viniyoge ca zu [?9, 11. 11, 20. Dhūrtasamāgama 84, 16. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 32, Scholiast Hitopadeśa 98, 15.] kadāpi tāvadevaṃvidhe karmaṇyetasya dehasya viniyogaḥ ślāghyaḥ [99, 13.] śabda Comm. zu [NYĀYAS. 2, 1, 55.] pṛthivyādīnāṃ yathāviniyogaṃ (wie sie der Reihe nach angewandt —, aufgeführt worden sind) guṇā indriyāṇāṃ yathākramamarthā viṣayā iti zu [1, 1, 14.] —
4) Relation, Correlation [Nīlakaṇṭha 195.] [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 6, 21.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 1, 61.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 415. 417.] [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda ebend. 1, 14. 15.fg.] aṅgasaṃbandhabodhako vidhirviniyogavidhiḥ . vrīhibhiryajeta samidho yajatītyādiḥ [19.fg.] —
5) als Erklärung von adhikāra
8) [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 11.] —
6) = arpaṇaṃ phale [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1520.] wohl = 3).
Viniyoga (विनियोग) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viṇioga.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Viniyoga (विनियोग) [Also spelled viniyog]:—(nm) appropriation; ~[jana] (the act or process of) appropriation; ~[jita] appropriated; ~[ga/jana karanā] to appropriate.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Viniyōga (ವಿನಿಯೋಗ):—
1) [noun] the fact of being used, put to use; utilisation.
2) [noun] the act of distributing (something) among several people.
3) [noun] the occupation or condition of a servant; service.
4) [noun] the act of separating; separation.
5) [noun] the act of abandoning, relinquishing; abandonment.
6) [noun] the act of commencing, engaging or being engaged.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Viniyoga (विनियोग):—n. 1. employment; use; application; disposal; 2. appointment to a duty; commission; charge; 3. sending; dispatching; 4. leaving; giving up; abandoning;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Yuja, Mi, Vi, Niyoga, Ni, Na.
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