Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Integral Yoga Literature

Yadava

[one descended from Yadu, a name of Krsna].

yadyadacarati sresthastattadevetaro janah

whatever the best doeth that the lower kind of man puts into practice. [Gita 3.21]

yajamana

the giver of the sacrifice (the doer of the action) .

yajanti avidhipurvakam

they sacrifice not in the true order. [Gita 9.23]

yajata, yajatra

a power of the sacrifice; master of sacrifice. [Ved.]

yajna

sacrifice; action consecrated to the gods, works; the Master of Works.

yajnam brhantam asathe

[they attain to or enjoy a mighty sacrifice]. [Ved.]

yajnartham

[for the sake of sacrifice].

Yajnavalkya

[a famous rsi who figures prominently in the Brhadaranyaka Upanisad].

yajnika

a ritualistic commentator.

yajus (Yajur)

the mantra of divine Power, the word of power for the right ordaining of action; the word which guides the sacrificial action in accordance with the rk. [Ved.]

yajyu

the sacrificer. [Ved.]

yaksa (Yaksha)

one of the keepers of wealth; [in the Kena Upanisad]: the Daemon, the Spirit, the Unknown Power.

Yama

1. Controller, Ordainer, Lord of the Law; in the Rg-veda he seems to have been originally a form of the Sun, then one of the twin children of the wide-shining Lord of the Truth; he is the guardian of the dharma, the law of the Truth, which is a condition of immortality, and therefore himself the guardian of immortality; in the later ideas [post-Vedic] he is the God of Death.

2. yama [in raja-yoga]: a rule of moral self-control.

yama-niyama

see yama (definition 2) and niyama

yam smaran bhavam tyajati ante kalevaram

[remembering which(ever) subjective becoming he abandons the body at the end]. [Gita 8.6]

yam yam tanum sraddhaya arcati

whatever form he worships with faith. [cf. Gita 7.21]

yantra

engine.

yantrarudhani mayaya

mounted on a machine by his maya. [Gita 18.61]

yantrarudham [accusative singular, neuter] mayaya

yantrarudhani [accusative plural, neuter (as in the Gita) ] mayaya

yantrarudho [nominative singular, masculine] mayaya

yasas (Yashas)

glory; victory, success and power.

yasmin vijnate sarvam idam vijnatam

that which being known, all is known. [Sandilya Upanisad 2.2; cf. Mund. 1.1.3]

yasolipsa

[desire for glory]; reaching out for victory, success and power.

yasya nahankrto bhavo buddhir yasya na lipyate

one whose state of being is free from egoism and whose understanding receives no stain. [Gita 18.17]

yatah pravrttir bhutanam yena sarvam idam tatam

[from whom is the impulse to action of beings, by whom all this universe is pervaded]. [Gita 18.46]

yatha karma yatha srutam

according to their deeds and after the measure of their revealed knowledge. [Katha 2.2.7]

yatha prayuktosmi (niyuktosmi) tatha karomi

as I am appointed, I work. [Pandavagita]

yathatathyatah

perfectly, according to (their) nature. [Isa 8]

yati

one who practises self-mastery by yoga and austerity.

yat kinca jagat

whatsoever is individual universe of movement... [Isa 1]

yato naiva nivartante tad dhama paramam mama

[...whence they revert not, that is My supreme status]. [cf. Gita 8.21; 15.6]

yatudhani

demon-sorceress.

yava

grain (the formation of the light in the force of the physical mind) . [Ved.]

yavana

[Ionian, Greek].

yavan yascasmi tattvatah

who and how much I am in all the reality and principles of My being. [Gita 18.55]

yesam loka imah prajah

from whom are these creatures (their children and offspring) in the world. [Gita 10.6]

yesam tvantagatam papam jananam punyakarmamam

[but those men of virtuous deeds, in whom sin has come to an end]. [Gita 7.28]

yayedam dharyate jagat

by which the world is upheld. [Gita 7.5]

ye yatha mam prapadyante

as men approach Me. [see the following]

ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamyaham

as men approach Me, so I accept them to My love. [Gita 4.11]

yoga

joining, union; the union of the soul with the immortal being and consciousness and delight of the Divine; a methodised effort towards self-perfection by the expression of the potentialities latent in the being and union of the human individual with the universal and transcendent existence; [as opposed to Samkhya]: the concrete and synthetical realisation of truth in our experience; [a system of philosophy systematised by Patanjali, one of the six darsanas].

yogacatustaya (Yogachatushtaya)

[the catustaya of yoga].

yogacatustayam [nominative]

yogadrsti (Yogadrishti)

[yogic (power of) vision].

yogah karmasu kausalam

yoga is skill in works. [Gita 2.50]

yogaksema

getting and having of good; well-being and joy.

yogaksemam vahamyaham

I bring (his) getting and having of good. [Gita 9.22]

yogamaya

power of the Godhead's spiritual consciousness, the power of His Consciousness-Force put out in self-manifestation.

yogam ca mama

[and My yoga]. [Gita 10.7]

yogasakti (Yogashakti)

yoga-force, spiritual force.

yogasamnyastakarmanam atmavantam na karmani nibadhnanti

works do not bind him who has given up all works and is in possession of the Self. [Gita 4.41]

yogascittavrttinirodhah

[yoga is conquest of the cittavrttis (all the movements of the mind) ]. [Yogasutra 1.2]

Yogashakti

see yogasakti

yoga-siddhi

[the perfection which comes by the practice of yoga].

yogasthah kuru karmani

fixed in yoga do actions. [Gita 2.48]

yogayajna

[sacrifice of yoga; yogic sacrifice].

yogesvarah krsnah

Krsna, the divine Master of the yoga. [cf. Gita 18.75,78]

yogin

[one who practises yoga]; one who is established in realisation [cf. sadhaka].

yogi [nominative]

yogini cakra (Yogini Chakra)

[cakra of the female yogin or of the sakti called "Yogini": probably used by Sri Aurobindo as a code word].

yosau purusa

the purusa there. [cf. Isa 16]

yo vetti asammudhah sa martyesu sarvapapaih pramucyate

who knows (Me) , he, unbewildered among mortals, is delivered from all sin and evil. [Gita 10.3]

yo yacchraddhah sa eva sah

whatever is a man's faith (sraddha) , that he is. [Gita 17.3]

yuddha

[battle], struggle.

Yudhisthira

[the eldest of the five Pandava brothers, noted for his truthfulness and righteousnessl.

yuga

an age [there are four yugas: the satya (or krta) , treta, dvapara and kali].

yugadharma

the best ideal [dharma] of the age.

yuga-sandhya

the evening of the cycle [yuga]

yuga yajniya

the age of sacrifice.

yuge yuge

from age to age. [Gita 4.8]

yujah

yoke-fellows; allies. [Ved.]

yukta

yoked; in yoga.

yukta asita matparah

he must sit firm in yoga, wholly given up to Me. [Gita 2.61; 6.14]

yuktahari yuktanidrah

one who eats and sleeps suitably or one who is in yoga with the Divine in food and in sleeping. [cf. Gita 6.17]

yuktah krtsnakarmakrt

a doer of all actions, in yoga. [Gita 4.18]

yuktivada

[a line of argument].

yuva kavih, priyo atithir amartyo mandrajihvah rtacit rtava

the Youth, the Seer, the beloved and immortal Guest vith his honeyed tongue of ecstasy, the Truthconscious, the Truth-finder. [Ved.]

yuvaku

full of energy. [Ved.]

yuvaraja (Yuvaraj)

["the young king"; heir apparent, crown prince].

zamindar [Hind.]

[a landholder].

zulm (Zulum) [Hind.]

[tyranny, oppression].

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