Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

5 I 8 Glossary

Chitta-vikfepa

Chitta-vrtti.

Dadh:Zcha

Daitya

Daksa •

Daksina

Daman:Z

Da.nava

Danda..

Dandaka...

Daurmanasya

Deva

Devadatta

Dhanu

Dha.rana..

Dhasanjaya

Dhenu

Dhr.

Dhya.na

Diti

Dr on. a

Duhkha

Durva.sa.

Dvesa

Dwi

Dwi-hasta

Dwi-pa.da

of attention, selection and rejection; (b) Reason, the

decisive state which determines the distinction

between things and (c) Ego, the !-maker.

Distraction, confusion, perplexity.

Fluctuations of the mind. A course of behaviour,

mode of being, condition or mental state.

A celebrated sage, who donated his bones to the gods.

From these bones was fashioned the thunderb�lt, with

which Indra, the king of the gods, slew the demon

Vrtra..

A son of Diti. A demon.

A celebrated prajapati, a lord of created beings.

The right side.

A layer within a na�i or channel for the passage of

energy.

A demon.

A staff.

The forest region in the Deccan between the rivers

Narmada and Godavari.

Despair, dejection.

A god.

One of the vital airs which provides for the intake of

extra oxygen in a tired body by causing a yawn.

A bow.

Concentration or complete attention. The sixth stage

of Yoga mentioned by Patafijali.

One of the vital airs which remains in the body even

after death, and sometimes bloats up a corpse.

A cow.

To hold, to support, to maintain.

Meditation. The seventh stage of Yoga mentioned by

Patafijali.

The mother of the demons called Daityas.

The preceptor of the Pandava and Kaurava princes

in the arts of war, especially archery. He was the son

of the sage Bharadvaja.

Pain, sorrow, grief.

A very irascible sage.

Hate, dislike, repugnance.

Two, both.

Two hands.

Two feet or legs.