Yogapancashika, Yogapañcāśikā, Yoga-pancashika: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Yogapañcāśikā can be transliterated into English as Yogapancasika or Yogapancashika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Yogapanchashika.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)Yogapañcāśikā (योगपञ्चाशिका) represents a 16th-century text dealing with Yoga in 50 verses.—The Yogapañcāśikā might be the earliest attempt to integrate Haṭha- and Rājayoga with Pātañjalayoga. The text is cited by name in a Sanskrit work called the Vivekamukura, which was composed by Nṛsimha Bhāratīya, according to its last verse (97). [...] The Yogapañcāśikā is a short work of merely fifty verses that cites only the Pātañjalayogaśāstra. It teaches an aṣṭāṅgayoga. The first four auxiliaries are Haṭhayoga, and the second four, Rājayoga. It is a Śaiva work that aims at raising kuṇḍalinī, uniting Śakti with Śiva and attaining jīvanmukti, followed by videhamukti when all prārabdakarma is extinguished. Its Yoga is not intended for those who deny the validity of scripture (nāstika), but for male life-long Brahmacārins (nṛnaiṣṭhika).
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: Pancashika, Yoga.
Full-text: Pancashika, Vivekamukura, Nastika.
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