Sanskrit Dictionary - Y

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Yaga [yaag]: ritualistic sacrifice
Yajna [yuj^na]: sacrifice
Yama [ ]: self-control; the first rung in the ladder of eightfold yoga (abstention from lying, killing, theft, lust, covetousness etc.); also, the god of death (Yama)
Yoga [yog]: union (with the Supreme); literally, a yoke or discipline; the technique of meditation whereby the individual brings himself into unity with the Ultimate Reality; the four paths to this union are jnana, the path of knowledge, karma, the path of action, bhakti, the path of devotion, and raja, the royal path, which is a synthesis of the other three; the philosophy of the sage Patanjali
Yoga marga(s) [yog maarg]: yogic path(s)
Yoga maya [yog maayaa]: magical power
Yogabhrashta [yogubhrusht]: one who has slipped from yoga
Yogarudha [yogaaroodh]: one who has attained yoga
Yogi [same]: follower of a path of yoga
Yogiraja [yogiraaj]: king of yogis; Sri Vasudeva
Yugapat srishti [yuguput sr^shti]: simultaneous creation

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