Yogasadhana, Yogasādhana: 3 definitions
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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchYogasādhana (योगसाधन) refers to the “practice of Yoga”, according to the Dakṣiṇāmūrti (Dakṣiṇāmūrtistotrabhāvārthavārttika), otherwise known as the Mānasollāsa and attributed to a Sureśvarācārya.—Accordingly, while discussing Hathayogic Mudrās as part of Yoga practices: “The contraction [and drawing up] of the downward moving breath and the stopping [and drawing down] the upward moving breath and the placement of the tongue above the uvula is the practice of Yoga (yogasādhana)”.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumYogasādhana (योगसाधन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—yoga. Bp. 265.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYogasādhana (योगसाधन):—[=yoga-sādhana] [from yoga] n. Name of [work]
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: Yoga, Sadhana.
Starts with: Yokacatanam.
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Creative Art and Yoga-Sadhana < [April – June 1992]
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Jain Science and Spirituality (by Medhavi Jain)
4.5. Yoga and the Final Destination < [Chapter 4 - Main Theory and Practices in Jainism]
Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) (by Deepak bagadia)
Part 4.5 - Obstacles on the path of Yoga (citta-viksepa) < [Chapter 2 - Yoga philosophy and practices]
Part 5 - Jain scriptures and Spiritual teachers < [Chapter 3 - Jain Philosophy and Practice]
Part 4 - The Concept and Content of Patanjali Yogadarsana < [Chapter 2 - Yoga philosophy and practices]
Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) (by Arthur Avalon)
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XII - Different aspects of yoga < [The yoga philosophy]
Bhagavad-gita-rahasya (or Karma-yoga Shastra) (by Bhalchandra Sitaram Sukthankar)
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