- Look up
ashtanga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Astanga or
Ashtanga (
aṣṭāṅga) is a
Sanskrit compound translating to "having
eight limbs or components"...
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Ashtanga yoga (Sanskrit: अष्टाङ्गयोग, romanized: aṣṭāṅ****oga, "the
eight limbs of yoga") is Patanjali's
classification of
classical yoga, as set out in...
- to the last author, Vāgbhaṭa वाग्भट. It is a more
diffuse work than the
Aṣṭāṅga-hṛdaya-saṃhitā, and is in
mixed prose and
verse (the
Ashtanga Hridayam...
- in his book Raja Yoga.
Since then, Rāja yoga has
variously been
called aṣṭāṅga yoga,
royal yoga,
royal union,
sahaja marg, and
classical yoga. Rāja (Sanskrit:...
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Kaivalya (Sanskrit: कैवल्य) is the
ultimate goal of
aṣṭāṅga yoga and
means "solitude", "detachment" or "isolation", a vrddhi-derivation from
kevala "alone...
- From this
merged form of Shiva,
Bhairava appeared in his
eight forms (
Aṣṭāṅga Bhairavas).
Since Bhairava was thus
created by Shiva, he is
sometimes said...
-
original on 26
November 2018.
Retrieved 26
November 2018. Lino Miele,
Astanga Yoga Book - The Yoga of
Breath "Reflections on "Guruji: A Portrait" - Interview...
- a
condensation of two
different traditions,
namely "eight limb yoga" (
aṣṭāṅga yoga) and
action yoga (Kriya yoga). The
kriya yoga part is
contained in...
- (sammā-vāyāma) of the
Noble Eightfold Path (Pāli: aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo; Skt.:
aṣṭāṅga mārga) and with the "Four
Right Exertions" (samma-ppadhāna). In the Kīṭāgiri...
- This goal
varies by
philosophical or
theological system. In the
classical Astanga yoga system, the
ultimate goal of yoga is to
achieve samadhi and remain...
