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The yoga expounded by Pantanjali in the Yoga Sutras having eight limbs: yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, dharana, dhyana, pratyahara, Samadhi is called Astangayoga
Yama and Niyama are ethical principles to develop a positive personality.
The yama consist of five limbs meant for self-restraint. They are: ahimsa (abstain from cruelty), sathya (hold truth), astheya (non stealing), Brahmacharya (celibacy), aparigraha (non covetousness)
Word | Sanskrit | IAST | In General | Veda | Purana | |
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Yama , of astanga yoga | यम | yama | Yama is the five moral rules a sadaka has to follow according to Pantanjali’s Astanga... | Read More | ||
Yama , time | याम | yāma | A quarter of day or night | Read More | ||
Yama Dharmaraja | यम धर्मराज | yama dharmarāja | Yama is a Lokapālaka who count the karma of every living things and control the death. Death is... | Yama is guardian of Dharma in Rig Veda. As son of Soorya his world is Svar, the world of... | Yama Dharmaraja is the father of Yudhisthira (to whom Kunti prayed for progeny). Chitragupta... | Read More |
Yama smriti | यम स्मृति | yama smṛti | Yama Smriti is a lost Smriti text. Many writers of dharmasastras have quoted several... | Read More | ||
Yama, rishi | यम | yama | A rishi by name Yama composed many mantras in Rig Veda and Atherva Veda | Read More | ||
Yamagita | यमगीता | yamagītā | Yamagita is the advice Yamadharma gave to Nichiketa when the later visited the abode of... | Read More | ||
Yamasukta | यम सूक्त | yama sūkta | Yamasukta is part of RV (10.14). It comprises of 16 mantras with Yama is the Rishi of... | Read More | ||
Adhama , Madhyama , Adya Svasa - Sectional breath | Sectional breathing is a yogic practice Abdominal breathing or adhama svasa: Sit in... | Read More | ||||
Anulom Vilom Pranayama | अनुलोम विलोम प्राणायाम | anuloma viloma prāṇāyāma | Anulom Vilom Pranayama is the alternate nostril breathing exercise which is performed as a... | Read More | ||
Aryaman | अर्यमन् | aryaman | Name of an aditya who is commonly invoked together with Mitra and Varuna; he is regarded as... | The aspiring power and action of the Truth. The aryaman sums up in himself the whole aspiration,... | One of the aditya. | Read More |