Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

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Vajra

Vakra

Valakhilya

Valli

Varna

Vamadeva

Vamana

Vandi

Vas ana

Vasanta

Vasis.tha.

Vasuki

Vatayana

Vayu

Veda

Vibhuti

v ibhuti-pada

Vidya

Vikalpa

Viksepa

Vik�ipta

Viloma

Vipar'ita

Viparyaya

Vir a

Vi'rabhadra

Virancha or
Viranchi

A thunderbolt, the weapon of Indra.

Crooked.

A class of divine personages of the size of a thumb,

produced from the Creator's body, and said to pre­

cede the chariot of the sun.

A chapter of the Upanishads.

The left side.

A sage.

Visnu • • in his fifth incarnation, when he was born as

a dwarf to humble the demon king Bali.

A court scholar at the court of king J anaka.

Desire, inclination, longing.

The season of spring personified as a deity. A com­

panion of Kama, the god of love and passion.

A celebrated sage, author of several Vedic hymns.

Another name of Se�a, q.v.

A horse.

The wind, the vital airs.

The sacred scriptures of the Hindus, revealed by

the Supreme Being.

Might, power, greatness.

The third part of the Yoga Siitras of Patafijali,

dealing with the powers that the yogi comes across

in his quest.

Knowledge, learning, lore, science.

Fancy, resting merely on verbal expression, without

any factual basis.

Distraction, confusion, perplexity.

Agitated state of the mind.

Against the ];lair, against the order of things. The

particle 'vi' denotes negation or privation.

Inverted, reversed.

A mistaken view, which is later observed to be such,

after study.

A hero, brave.

A powerful hero created out of Siva's matted hair.

A name of Brahma.

A demon prince, who was the son of Prahlada and

the father of Bali.

Vigour, strength, virility, enthusiasm.

Uneven or vehement movement while breathing.