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Sanskrit
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
Ahimsā non-harming
Akasha ether
Alabdhabhūmikatva failure to gain ground
Alasya physical laziness
Anatman no-self
Anavasthitatvāni instability
Aṅga limb
Anitya impermanence
Antaraya impediment
Anumāna inference, logic
Apāna prāna responsible for eliminating waste products from the body
Aparigraha non-grasping
Apas water
Artha material wealth
Āsana posture
Ashtanga eight limbs
Asmitā ego
Asteya non-stealing
Atha now
Ātman self
Avidya ignorance
Avirati lack of detachment
Bhrānti-darshana mistaken knowledge
Bhuta element
Brahma Vihara sublime state
Brahmacharya moderation
Buddhi pure, discriminative intelligence
Citta mind
Citta Bhumi state of mind
Dhāranā 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
Kriyā action
Krodha hatred
Kshipta completely distracted
Lobha greed
Maitri loving-kindness
Manas thinking mind
Moha delusion
Moksha liberation
Mūdha dull
Mudita sympathetic joy
Nidra 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
Pratyahara sense withdrawal
Pratyaksha direct perception
Prithvi earth
Purusha pure consciousness
Purushartha goal in life
Raga attachment
Rāja yoga royal yoga
Rajas passion
Sadhana disciplined practice
Samādhi absorption
Samāna prāna responsible for digesting nutrients and nourishing the body
Samshaya doubt
Samskāra mental impression
Samvega wholehearted
Sangha community
Santosha contentment
Sattva goodness
Satya truthfulness
Saucha purity
Seva selfless service
Shanti peace
Shraddha confidence
Shramana seeker
Smriti mindfulness
Styāna mental laziness
Śuci 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
Upeksa equanimity
Vairāgya non-attachment
Vayu air
Vikalpa imagination
Vikshipta partially distracted
Viparyaya wrong knowledge
Virya effort
Viveka discriminative discernment
Vritti fluctuation
Vyādhi disease
Vyāna prāna responsible for circulating all over the body
Yama social ethics