Yogashikhopanishad, Yogaśikhopaniṣad, Yogaśikhopaniṣat, Yogashikha-upanishad: 3 definitions
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Yogashikhopanishad means something in 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.
The Sanskrit terms Yogaśikhopaniṣad and Yogaśikhopaniṣat can be transliterated into English as Yogasikhopanisad or Yogashikhopanishad or Yogasikhopanisat or Yogashikhopanishat, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: archive.org: Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali with Bhoja VrittiYogaśikhopaniṣad (योगशिखोपनिषद्) is the name of a work dealing with the Yoga system of Philosophy. It deals with—A Upaniṣad on Yoga. Cf. Oppert’s Catalogue I.
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)Yogaśikhopaniṣad (योगशिखोपनिषद्) represents one of the various 18th-century Yoga-Upaniṣads from the 18th-century (dealing with Yoga).—These so-called Yoga Upaniṣads are part of a recent recension compiled in South India in the first half of the eighteenth century and commented on by Upaniṣadbrahmayogin (See Bouy 1994). They include [e.g., the Yogaśikhopaniṣad].
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 Catalogorum1) Yogaśikhopaniṣad (योगशिखोपनिषद्) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—but more properly called:
Yogaśikhopaniṣad has the following synonyms: Dīpaśikhopaniṣad.
2) Yogaśikhopaniṣad (योगशिखोपनिषद्):—Av. As p. 4. 5. Hz. 1057. Dīpikā by Nārāyaṇa. As p. 22. 157.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYogaśikhopaniṣad (योगशिखोपनिषद्):—[=yoga-śikhopaniṣad] [from yoga] f. Name of an Upaniṣad.
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: Upanishat, Yogashikha, Upanishad.
Full-text: Gatrakampa, Dipashikhopanishad, Pancadaivata, Mantrikopanishad, Yogopanishad, Mantropanishad.
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