Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

Eka
Eka-piida
Eka-tattviibhyiisa

Ekiigra

Ekiigratii

Galava

Gana •

Ganda

Ganda-bherunda..

Ganga

Garbha-pirp:f.a

Garuda

Gheranda

Gheranda­

Samhita

Go

Gomukha

Goraksa •

Gotra

Gu

Gulma

Gun a

Gunatfta

Guru

Ha

One, single, alone, only.

One leg.

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The study of the single element, the Supreme Spirit

that pervades the innermost self of all beings.

(Eka=one; agra=foremost.) Fixed on one object or

point only; closely attentive, where the mental

faculties are all focussed on a single object.

One-pointedness.

A sage. '

A troop of demigods, who were Siva's attendants.

The cheek, the whole side of the face including the

temple.

A species of bird.

The river Ganges, the most sacred river in India.

Embryo in the womb.

An eagle. Name of the king of birds. Garuda is •

represented as a vehicle of Vi�r;tu and as having a

white face, an aquiline beak, red wings and a golden

body.

A sage, the author of Gherar;tc;Ia-Sarhhita, a classical

work on Ha�ha-yoga.

See above.

A cow.

Face resembling a cow. It is also a kind of musical

instrument, narrow at one end and broad at the other

like the face of a cow.

A cowherd. N arne of a famous Yogi.

A family, race, lineage.

First syllable in the word 'Guru', meaning darkness.

The spleen.

A quality, an ingredient or constituent of nature.

One who is freed from and gone beyond or crossed

the three gunas of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.

Spiritual preceptor, one who illumines the darkness

of spiritual doubt.

First syllable of the word 'Ha�ha', which is composed

of the syllables 'ha' meaning the sun, and '�a' mean­

ing the moon. The object of Ha!ha-yoga is to balance

the flow of solar and lunar energy in the human

system.