Yogarnava, Yogārṇava, Yoga-arnava: 4 definitions

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Yogarnava means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Yogārṇava (योगार्णव) refers to the “ocean of yoga”, according to colophon 11 of the Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “This ends the great king of Yoginītantras named ‘Glorious Ocean of Ḍākas’, the king of Tantras, [which is] the same as the so-called ‘the First of the Six Oceans’, [namely] the first, the ‘Ocean of Ḍākas’, residing on the ‘Ocean of Yoga’ [e.g., yogārṇava], ‘[Ocean of] Gnosis’, ‘[Ocean of] Restraint’, ‘[Ocean of] Actions’, and ‘[Ocean of] Truth’”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Yogarnava in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Yogārṇava (योगार्णव) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. Pheh. 9. Oppert. 103. 157.
—by Varāhamihira. Report. Xxv.
—by Veṅkaṭeśa. L. 3205. B. 4, 182. Peters. 1, 118.

2) Yogārṇava (योगार्णव):—tantra. Mentioned in Prāṇatoṣiṇī p. 2.

3) Yogārṇava (योगार्णव):—by Varāhamihira. read Report. Xxxv

4) Yogārṇava (योगार्णव):—jy. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 73.
—by Veṅkaṭeśa, son of Appayya. Cu. add. 2494. Oudh. Xxi, 88. Xxii, 78. Peters. 4, 37. Stein 171.

5) Yogārṇava (योगार्णव):—tantra. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 73.

6) Yogārṇava (योगार्णव):—jy. by Veṅkaṭeśa, son of Appayya. Ulwar 1920. Extr. 554.

7) Yogārṇava (योगार्णव):—jy. by Veṅkateśa. Peters. 5, 506.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yogārṇava (योगार्णव):—[from yoga] m. Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Yogarnava in German

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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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