Yogananda, Yoga-ananda: 9 definitions
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Yogananda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraYogananda (योगनन्द) is the name of King Nanda after his body was taken over by Indradatta, through the power of his yoga, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara chapter 2. In this city lived two brothers, named Varṣa, and Upavarṣa whose story was told in the aforementioned book.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Yogananda, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramYogānanda (योगानन्द) is the “secret name” of Prayāsadeva—one of the Sixteen Siddhas according to the Kubjikānityāhnikatilaka: a derative text drawing from Tantras and other sources such as the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā.—These sixteen spiritual teachers represent the disciples of the Nine Nāthas who propagated the Western Transmission noted in the Kubjikā Tantras.—Prayāsadeva is the Caryā name of this Nātha (i.e., the public name the Siddha uses when living as a wandering renouncer). His Gopya or “secret name” is Yogānanda. This secret name is the one by which he is known only to fellow initiates, his teachers and disciples. It is never revealed to anybody outside the circle of initiates.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
India history and geography
Source: Wisdom Library: Teachers, Saints and SagesYogānanda (योगानन्द) is another name for Yoganandar—one of the Siddhars (Siddhas) and Rishis mentioned by Rangarasa Desiga Swamigal in his Siddhargal Potri Thoguppu. Each name in the list starts with prefix ‘Om’ followed by the Siddhar’s names and ends with refrain ‘Thiruvadigal Potri’. For example for Yoganandar: ஓம் யோகானந்தர் திருவடிகள் போற்றி [ōm yōkāṉantar tiruvaṭikaḷ pōṟṟi].—These Siddhas experienced union with the ultimate reality and witnessed a spiritual transformation of their intellectual, mental, vital and ultimately, physical bodies.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryyōgānanda (योगानंद).—m S The fifth of the five classes of ānanda. The delight or gratification arising from the exercises of yōga.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishyōgānanda (योगानंद).—m The fifth ānanda-in philosophy.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Yogānanda (योगानन्द) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Sāṃkhyakārikāvyākhyā. Sāṃkhyasūtravivaraṇa.
2) Yogānanda (योगानन्द):—son of Kālidāsa: Krīḍāvalī kāvya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yogananda (योगनन्द):—[=yoga-nanda] [from yoga] m. the false Nanda, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) Yogānanda (योगानन्द):—[from yoga] m. ‘delight of the Y°’, Name of two authors, [Catalogue(s)]
3) [v.s. ...] [wrong reading] for yoga-nanda, [Vāsavadattā, [Introduction]]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Yoga, Nanda, Ananda.
Starts with: Yoganandana, Yoganandaprahasana, Yokanantar.
Ends with: Somavalliyogananda.
Full-text: Yoganandaprahasana, Somavalliyogananda, Anandayoga, Kridavali, Hiranyagupta, Yukteswar Giri, Paramahamsa, Ananda, Yoga, Yogananta, Narasimha Shalagrama, Yokanantar, Kalidasa, Prayasadeva, Samkhyasaptati, Samkhyakarika, Pata.
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