Abhava ̄ (analytic absence), 71
Abhy ̄asa(persistent effort), 98, 106, 147
Adhibhautika ̄ (sociality), 71
Adhik ̄ara(qualification), 22
Agni(fire), 61, 169
AhamkaraÓ (ego), 101, 147
Ahims ̇ ̄a(non-injury), 92. See under
Yama–s
Ama ̄ (product of incomplete diges-
tion), 60–61
Amaya ̄ (sickness), 109
Ananta(the infinite), 114
Antar ̄a ̇nga and bahira ̄ ̇nga(inner and
outer limbs of Yoga), 123
Antar ̄aya ̄Óh(obstacles), 103–4
nine obstacles (list), 103
Anuloma Viloma(alternate nostril
breathing), 119–20
Anunasika ̄ (nasalizing script-mark),
151
Anusvara ̄ (nasalizing script-mark), 151
Arogya ̄ (health), 65, 109, 133
Asana-s ̄ (postures). See underYoga
Atman ̄ (Self), 21
in UpaniÓsads, 25–26, 171
in Ved ̄anta, 3
in Vedas, 23, 88
Atma-pratyabhijña ̄ (self-knowledge),
34
Aum. SeeOm
Avidy ̄a(the affliction of ignorance).
See underkle ́sa-s
as a cognitive disease, 101
Bandha(‘lock’ of energy), 148
Bhavaroga(disease of rebirth and suf-
fering), 110
Bhavavy ̄adhi (ills of existence), 154
Bhoga (enjoyment), 145, 146
Bhukti vs.mukti (worldly enjoyment
vs. liberation), 146
B ̄ıja-s, B ̄ıja-mantra-s (seed sounds),
150–53, 188n47
and cakras, 148
Bindu(drop, dot)
in Íri Yantra, 143
Brahman(the One that is All)
in Ayurveda, 63 ̄
in S ̄amkhya, 28Ó
in Tantra, 29, 32–33, 88, 150, 156, 161
in UpaniÓsads, 25, 88, 171
in Ved ̄anta, 32
in Vedas, 24
Buddhi(intelligence; faculty of dis-
criminative knowing), 88, 95, 97,
99–100, 101–2, 108–9, 147
as first evolute of prakÓrti, 99–100Cakra-s(‘wheels’; centers of energy), 92,
142, 144, 146–49, 150–51, 187n13
seven cakras (table), 148
Candrabindu(‘dot in a moon’
[=anunasika ̄ ]), 151
Citta(thirteen-part instrument of cog-
nition: ahamkara, buddhi, manasÓ ,
five senses, and five organs of ac-
tion), 101–2211