Sabda_Yoga-Part 9.1, Chapter 15 of Bhagavadgītā – three types of Puruṣas are Kṣara – sum total of mutable things, Akṣara – unchanging Māyā of paramātman & #UttamaPuruṣa – one who is beyond mutable and immutable Māyā.
As per Yogsutra, the occurrence of the term Bhūmiḥ in the context of channelizing the Dhāraṇā, Dhyāna and Samādhi is collectively termed as Saṃyama
Dṛḍha is used to indicate the meaning – stout and strong & when part of the compound Drdhbhūmi, in Yogasūtra refers to firmness in the practice of Yoga.
As Per Yogasūtra – Satkāra is virtue that a practitioner should possess about his Yogic practice while Bhagavadgītā says Tapas should not be done expecting Satkāra from others
Bhagavadgītā emphasizes the need of pra-‘yatna’ – more effort in the practice of Dhyāna while Haṭhayogapradīpikā underlines the need for Prayatna for all the other limbs of Yoga from Āsanas to Mudrās
Sthiti is a state wherein citta is devoid of Vṛttis and involves the mind attaining modification towards being established in the nature of the self (svarūpa).
Vairāgya is the state of being bereft of passion/desire: From regulating & controlling the mind to realization of consciousness Vairāgya has an important role to play.
Abhyāsa yoga is presented as the means to attain the divine ultimate consciousness. According to śrī-śaṅkara-bhagavatpādaabhyāsayoga refers to the effort to surrender the mind to the Lord and not allowing other thoughts to deflect and distract the mind.
Today’s word Viṣaya – used to refer things that are known, objects of the senses etc. (and country), it find twelve references in Yogasūtras and five in Bhagavadgītā
Today’s word Ālambana – meaning of root is to hang down, is prescribed to attain peaceful state of mind, and also the opposite to overcome Vāsanas – root cause of all sufferings.
Understanding the word #Pratyaya: ‘The one who is subservient, vow, knowledge, faith & cause’ – It is profusely used in #Yogasutras & two meanings – Cause and knowledge/vṛtti are given to the term
Sabda Yoga Part 7.1 The Language of Yoga Demystified with analysis of the terminology – Abhāva
On the studying the references above across the Yoga literature, the word śūnya has various connotations. They include emptiness, absence, Space, Space in the heart, the suṣumnā-nāḍī, the Brahman, pure consciousness Other related expressions are also found such as atiśūnya, mahāśūnyaśūnyāśūnya.
The Language of Yoga Demystified with analysis of the terminology – Vastu.
Sabda_Yoga Part 6.3: The Language of Yoga Demystified with analysis of the terminology – Śabda
Dr Jayaraman Mahadevan is the Director -Textual Research for Yoga at Indica. Sri Jayaraman holds a PhD in – Sanskrit from the University of Madras (2006-2010). He creditably completed his under graduation (Education, Philosophy, English Literature) and post-graduation (Sanskrit) with gold medal and first rank in both the degrees. He underwent traditional Gurukula education, in Vedas and Shastras (1998-2005), in Veda Vijnana Gurukulam, Bengaluru, under Pracarya Kotemane Ramachandra Bhat. He served the research department of Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai, in the capacity of Assistant Director (2010-2015) initially and later as Director (2015-2021). Thus far, he has published 14 books and 14 peer reviewed Journal articles and numerous popular articles on Yoga and Sanskrit literature in English, Tamil and Sanskrit languages. He is also involved in developing immersive learning methods of Yoga texts. ‘Yogasya Bhasha’ a four part self-learning material on Sanskrit and Yoga, ‘Yoga-vaisharadi’ – a searchable web-repository on classical texts of Yoga are a few of his noteworthy contributions in recent times. His workshops on “Tantrayukti – Ancient Indian thesis/text construction methodology” are well received. His passion also lies in composing Sanskrit poetry on contemporary themes.
