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Sanskrit
Abhinivesha clinging to life
AbhyÄsa practice
Adhibhautika suffering from other beings
Adhidaivika suffering from nature
ÄdhyÄtmika suffering from the body or mind
ÄgamÄh reliable experts
Agni fire
Ahamkara egotism
AhimsÄ non-harming
Akasha ether
Alabdhabhūmikatva failure to gain ground
Alasya physical laziness
Anatman no-self
AnavasthitatvÄni instability
Aį¹
ga limb
Anitya impermanence
Antaraya impediment
AnumÄna inference, logic
ApÄna prÄna responsible for eliminating waste products from the body
Aparigraha non-grasping
Apas water
Artha material wealth
Äsana posture
Ashtanga eight limbs
AsmitÄ ego
Asteya non-stealing
Atha now
Ätman self
Avidya ignorance
Avirati lack of detachment
BhrÄnti-darshana mistaken knowledge
Bhuta element
Brahma Vihara sublime state
Brahmacharya moderation
Buddhi pure, discriminative intelligence
Citta mind
Citta Bhumi state of mind
DhÄranÄ concentration
Dharma truth, duty
Dhyana meditation
Drastuh seer
Duhkha stress
Dvesha aversion
Ekagra focused
Guna quality
Indriya faculty
Ishvara Pranidhana surrender
Kaivalya autonomy
Kama pleasure
Karuna compassion
Klesha affliction
KriyÄ action
Krodha hatred
Kshipta completely distracted
Lobha greed
Maitri loving-kindness
Manas thinking mind
Moha delusion
Moksha liberation
MÅ«dha dull
Mudita sympathetic joy
Nidra sleep
Nirodha stilling
Niruddha completely absorbed
Niyama personal observance
PÄda chapter
Parinama transformation
Prajna wisdom
Prakriti materiality
PramÄda carelessness
PramÄna right knowledge
PrÄna life force
Pranayama yogic breathing
Pratyahara sense withdrawal
Pratyaksha direct perception
Prithvi earth
Purusha pure consciousness
Purushartha goal in life
Raga attachment
RÄja yoga royal yoga
Rajas passion
Sadhana disciplined practice
SamÄdhi absorption
SamÄna prÄna responsible for digesting nutrients and nourishing the body
Samsara The endless wheel of birth and death
Samshaya doubt
SamskÄra mental impression
Samvega wholehearted
Sangha community
Santosha contentment
Sattva goodness
Satya truthfulness
Saucha cleanliness
Seva selfless service
Shanti peace
Shraddha confidence
Shramana seeker
Smriti mindfulness
StyÄna mental laziness
Åuci pure
Sukha pleasant
SÅ«tra aphorism
SvÄdhyÄya self-study
Svarūpa true nature
Tamas inactivity
Tapas self-discipline
Tattva an aspect of reality
UdÄna prÄna responsible for upward movements in the body
Upeksa equanimity
VairÄgya non-attachment
Vayu air
Vikalpa imagination
Vikshipta partially distracted
Viparyaya wrong knowledge
Virya effort
Viveka discriminative discernment
Vritti fluctuation
VyÄdhi disease
VyÄna prÄna responsible for circulating all over the body
Yama social ethics