Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 6.25.7

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द्वादशाङ्गुलपर्यन्तं बाह्यमाक्रमतामधः ।
प्राणानामङ्गसंस्पर्शो यः स पूरक उच्यते ॥ ७ ॥

dvādaśāṅgulaparyantaṃ bāhyamākramatāmadhaḥ |
prāṇānāmaṅgasaṃsparśo yaḥ sa pūraka ucyate || 7 ||

The meeting of breaths at the distance of twelve inches from and below the nostrils, is called the puraka or inhaling-breath.
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (6.25.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dvadashangula, Paryantam, Paryanta, Bahyam, Bahya, Akrama, Tama, Dha, Prana, Anga, Samsparsha, Yah, Puraka, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.25.7). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “dvādaśāṅgulaparyantaṃ bāhyamākramatāmadhaḥ ”
dvādaśāṅgula -
dvādaśāṅgula (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dvādaśāṅgula (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paryantam -
paryantam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paryanta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paryanta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

paryantā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bāhyam -
bāhyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bāhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bāhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

bāhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ākrama -
ākrama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tāma -
tāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhaḥ -
dha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dhā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “prāṇānāmaṅgasaṃsparśo yaḥ sa pūraka ucyate ”
prāṇānām -
prāṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

prāṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

prāṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
aṅga -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
saṃsparśo* -
saṃsparśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pūraka* -
pūraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]