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Sanskrit

abhāva  absence
abhinivesha  fear of death
abhyāsa  practice
adhibhautika  suffering from other beings
adhidaivika  suffering from nature
ādhyātmika  suffering from the body or mind
āgamāh  reliable experts
agni  fire
ahamkara  egotism
ahimsa  non-harming
akasha  ether
alabdhabhūmikatva  lack of progress
ālambana  support
alasya  physical laziness
ananda  happiness
anatman  no-self
anavasthitatvāni  lack of consistency
aṅga  limb
anitya  impermanence
antaraya  impediment
anumāna  inference, logic
apāna  prāna responsible for eliminating waste products from the body
aparigraha  non-grasping
apas  water
arjava  sincerity
artha  material wealth
āsana  posture
ashtanga  eight limbs
asmitā  ego
asteya  non-stealing
atha  now
ātman  self
avidya  ignorance
avirati  craving
bhakti yoga  path of devotion
bhrānti-darshana  confusion
bhuta  element
brahma vihara  sublime state
brahmacharya  moderation
buddhi  pure, discriminative intelligence
citta  mind
citta bhumi  state of mind
darshana  philosophy
daya  compassion
dhāranā  concentration
dharma  truth, duty
dhriti  perseverance
dhyāna  meditation
drastuh  seer
duhkha  suffering
dvaita  dualistic
dvesha  aversion
ekagra  focused
guna  quality
indriya  faculty
ishvara  the inner teacher
ishvara pranidhana  surrender to something greater than the ego
jñāna  knowledge
jñāna yoga  path of knowledge
kaivalya  autonomy
kama  pleasure
karma  cause and effect
karma yoga  path of selfless action
karuna  compassion
klesha  affliction
kriyā  action
krodha  hatred
kshama  patience
kshipta  completely distracted
lobha  greed
mahavrata  great vow
maitri  loving-kindness
manas  thinking mind
mitahara  measured diet
moha  delusion
moksha  liberation
mūdha  dull
mudita  sympathetic joy
nidrā  sleep
nirodha  stilling
niruddha  completely absorbed
niyama  personal observance
pāda  chapter
parinama  transformation
prajna  wisdom
prakriti  materiality
pramāda  carelessness
pramāna  right knowledge
prāna  life force
pranayama  yogic breathing
pranidhāna  surrender
pratipaksha bhavana  cultivating the opposite
pratyahara  sense withdrawal
pratyaksha  direct perception
prithvi  earth
purusha  pure consciousness
purushartha  goal in life
raga  attachment
rāja yoga  royal yoga
raja yoga  path of discipline
rajas  passion
sadhana  disciplined practice
samādhi  absorption
samāna  prāna responsible for digesting nutrients and nourishing the body
samsara  The endless wheel of birth and death
samshaya  doubt
samskāra  mental impression
samvega  wholehearted
samyama  integrated concentration
samyoga  union
sangha  community
sankalpa  intention
santosha  contentment
sattva  goodness
satya  truthfulness
saucha  cleanliness
seva  selfless service
shanti  peace
shraddha  faith
shramana  seeker
smriti  mindfulness
sthira  steady
styāna  mental laziness
suci  pure
sukha  pleasant
sūtra  aphorism
svādhyāya  self-study
svarūpa  true nature
tamas  inactivity
tapas  self-discipline
tattva  an aspect of reality
udāna  prāna responsible for upward movements in the body
upādhi  sheath
upeksa  equanimity
vairāgya  non-attachment
vayu  air
vikalpa  imagination
vikshipta  partially distracted
vipāka  result of a past action
viparyaya  wrong knowledge
virya  effort
vitarka  troubling thoughts
viveka  discriminative discernment
vritti  fluctuation
vyādhi  sickness
vyāna  prāna responsible for circulating all over the body
yama  social ethics