The Sanskrit term Yogaśikṣā can be transliterated into English as Yogasiksa or Yogashiksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: archive.org: Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali with Bhoja Vritti

Yogaśikṣā (योगशिक्षा) is the name of a work dealing with the Yoga system of Philosophy. It deals with—By Haricara. Cf. Buhler’s Guzarat Catalogue. IV.

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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 Catalogorum

Yogaśikṣā (योगशिक्षा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—yoga, by Harihara. B. 4, 4.

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

Yogaśikṣā (योगशिक्षा):—[=yoga-śikṣā] [from yoga] f. Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Yogashiksha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shiksha, Yoga.

Starts with: Yogashikshopanishad.

Full-text: Yogashikshopanishad, Yogashikha, Harihara.

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