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Note on Transliteration
Sanskrit and other non- English terms appear in italics and are transliterated fol-
lowing standard lexicographics usage unless otherwise noted, with the following
exceptions: (1) the term “Yogi” is used in preference to “yogin” whenever refer-
ring to the larger typological category; (2) terms that have entered the standard
English lexicon, such as “yoga” or “guru,” appear without italicization or diacriti-
cal markers; (3) Proper names are rendered without diacritical marks and follow
the transliteration and spelling preferred by historical sources.