Dictionary: Yajurveda

Yajurveda religion Hinduism image_size 250 language Vedic Sanskrit period c. 1200–800 BCE chapters 40 adhyayas verses 1,975 mantras The Yajurveda (यजुर्वेद, ’, from ‘ meaning “worship”, and veda meaning “knowledge”) is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual-offering formulas that were said by a priest while an individual performed ritual actions such as those before the yajna fire....

February 15, 2023 · 14 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yashovijaya

Yashovijaya religion Jainism sect Svetambara birth_date 1624 death_date 1688 honorific-prefix Mahopadhya honorific-suffix Ji Maharaja Yashovijaya (, 1624–1688), a seventeenth-century Jain philosopher-monk, was a notable Indian philosopher and logician. He was a thinker, prolific writer and commentator who had a strong and lasting influence on Jainism. He was a disciple of Muni Nayavijaya in the lineage of Jain monk Hiravijaya (belonging to the Tapa Gaccha tradition of Svetambara Jains) who influenced the Mughal Emperor Akbar to give up eating meat....

February 15, 2023 · 8 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yoga

Yoga !Shiva Bangalore Yoga (योग ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind (Chitta)) and mundane suffering (Duḥkha). There is a wide variety of schools of yoga, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and traditional and modern yoga is practiced worldwide. Two general theories exist on the origins of yoga....

February 15, 2023 · 40 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yoga as exercise

Yoga as exercise !Yoga4Love Freedom Gratitude Yoga as exercise is a physical activity consisting mainly of postures, often connected by flowing sequences, sometimes accompanied by breathing exercises, and frequently ending with relaxation lying down or meditation. Yoga in this form has become familiar across the world, especially in America and Europe. It is derived from medieval Haṭha yoga, which made use of similar postures, but it is generally simply called “yoga”....

February 15, 2023 · 28 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yoga Upanishads

Yoga Upanishads Yoga Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to Yoga. There are twenty Yoga Upanishads in the anthology of 108 Upanishads listed in the Muktika anthology.. The Yoga Upanishads, along with other minor Upanishads, are generally classified separate from the thirteen major Principal Upanishads considered to be more ancient and from the Vedic tradition. The Yoga Upanishads deal with the theory and practice of Yogic techniques, with varied emphasis on methodology and meditation, but with some shared ideas....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yoga Vasistha

Yoga Vasistha Vasishta Yoga Samhita (योगवासिष्ठम्, IAST: yoga-vāsiṣṭham; also known as Maha-Ramayana, Arsha Ramayana, Vasiṣṭha Ramayana, Yogavasistha-Ramayana and Jnanavasistha. ) is a historically popular and influential syncretic philosophical text of Hinduism, dated to the 6th CE or 7th CE — 14th CE or 15th CE. It is attributed to Maharishi Valmiki, but the real author is unknown. The complete text contains over 29,000 verses. The short version of the text is called Laghu yogavāsiṣṭham and contains 6,000 verses....

February 15, 2023 · 16 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yoga-kundalini Upanishad

Yoga-kundalini Upanishad devanagari योगकुण्डलिनी type Yoga veda Krishna Yajurveda chapters 3 verses 171 The Yoga-kundalini Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगकुण्डलिनी उपनिषत् IAST: ), also called Yogakundali Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगकुण्डल्युपनिषत्, IAST: Yogakuṇḍalī Upaniṣad), is a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. The Sanskrit text is one of the 20 Yoga Upanishads, and is one of 32 Upanishads attached to the Krishna Yajurveda. In the Muktika canon, narrated by Rama to Hanuman, it is listed at number 86 in the anthology of 108 Upanishads....

February 15, 2023 · 8 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yogachudamani Upanishad

Yogachudamani Upanishad name Yogachudamani devanagari योगचूडामणि sanskrit_transliteration Yogacūḍāmaṇi meaning Crown jewel of yoga type Yoga veda Samaveda verses 121 philosophy Tantra The Yogachudamani Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगचूडामणि उपनिषत्, IAST: Yogacūḍāmaṇi Upaniṣad) is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism composed in Sanskrit, and is called the “Crown Jewel of Yoga”. Attached to the Samaveda, it is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. The text is notable for its discussions of Kundalini yoga....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yogamaya

Yogamaya type Hindu deity_of Goddess of Illusion affiliation Shaktism, Vaishnavism birth_place Gokulam parents Nanda) (father), Yashoda (mother) dynasty Yaduvamsha name Yogamaya abode Vaikuntha, Vindhyas festivals Vaikuntha Ekadashi other_names Mahamaya, Durga, Vindhyavasini, Narayani, Bhadrakali, Ambika, Ekanamsha, Sharada texts Bhagavata Purana Yogamaya (योगमाया), also venerated as Vindhyavasini, Mahamaya, and Ekanamsha, is a Hindu goddess. In Vaishnava tradition, she is accorded the epithet Narayani, and serves as the personification of Vishnu’s powers of illusion....

February 15, 2023 · 5 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yogashikha Upanishad

Yogashikha Upanishad name Yogashikha devanagari योगशिखा sanskrit_transliteration Yogaśikhā meaning Peak of Yogic meditation type Yoga veda Krishna Yajurveda or Atharvaveda chapters varies by manuscript (1 to 6) verses varies by manuscript (~10 to 390) philosophy Yoga, Vedanta The Yogashikha Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगशिखा उपनिषत्, IAST: Yogaśikhā Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. Two versions of the Yogashikha Upanishad exist, one short that is attached to the Atharvaveda in some anthologies, and a long version which is often found attached to the Krishna Yajurveda in Telugu language anthologies....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yogatattva Upanishad

Yogatattva Upanishad devanagari योगतत्त्व meaning Yoga and truth composition_date 150 AD veda Atharvaveda verses 143 philosophy Vedanta The Yogatattva Upanishad (Sanskrit: योगतत्त्व उपनिषत्, IAST: Yogatattva Upaniṣhad), also called as Yogatattvopanishad (योगतत्त्वोपनिषत्), is an important Upanishad within Hinduism. A Sanskrit text, it is one of eleven Yoga Upanishads attached to the Atharvaveda, and one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. It is listed at number 41 in the serial order of the Muktika enumerated by Rama to Hanuman in the modern era anthology of 108 Upanishads....

February 15, 2023 · 12 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yogeshvari

Yogeshvari !MET 1990 15 Yogeshvari (Sanskrit: योगेश्वरी), also rendered Jogeshvari, is an epithet of the Hindu goddess Durga, a contraction of Yoga-īśvarī, meaning “goddess of yoga”. Veneration Many Brahmins of Western India, such as Gujarat and Rajasthan, revere Yogeshvari as their kuladevi. Yogeshvari is the kuladevi of many Chitpavan Brahmin families in Maharashtra. Yogeshvari Aai is the feminine shakti of the deity Shiva.

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yogeshwara

Yogeshwara !Yudhistira is questioning meditating Krishna !Shiva as the Lord of Yoga, Phnom Rung 0424|||Shiva as Yogeshvara, Phnom Rung. Yogeshvara (योगेश्वर), is a Sanskrit epithet employed in Hinduism. The term Yogeshvara is a portmanteau of yoga and ishvara, meaning ‘Lord of Yoga’, ‘Lord of Yogis’, or ‘God of Yoga’. The term is primarily employed to address the deities Shiva and Krishna. Hinduism The term is an epithet of Krishna in Vaishnavism, who is also known as Parameshvara, the supreme god....

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yogin Ma

Yogin Ma name Yogin Ma birth_name Yogindra Mohini Biswas birth_date January 16, 1851 birth_place Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj death_date June 4, 1924, , Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India Yogin Ma (Bengali: যোগীন মা) (16 January 1851 - 4 June 1924), born Yogindra Mohini Biswas, was one of the principal female disciples of Sarada Devi, the wife and spiritual consort of the Hindu mystic Ramakrishna. Together with Golap Ma, she was a constant companion of Sarada Devi, revered as the holy mother in the monastic order of Ramakrishna....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Yoni

Yoni Yoni (sometimes also ), sometimes called pindika, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu goddess Shakti. It is usually shown with linga – its masculine counterpart. Together, they symbolize the merging of microcosmos and macrocosmos, the divine eternal process of creation and regeneration, and the union of the feminine and the masculine that recreates all of existence. The yoni is conceptualized as nature’s gateway of all births, particularly in the esoteric Kaula) and Tantra practices, as well as the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions of Hinduism....

February 15, 2023 · 12 min · TheAum