Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

]amunii
]anaka
]iinu
]apa
]afhara
jathara-
parivartana
]aya
]iva
]ivana
]ivana-mukta

]fvana-mukti

fiviitmii

]fiiina

]iiana-marga

]nana-mudrii

]fiiinendriya

Glossary 521

A tributary of the Ganges.

A famous philosopher king of Videha or MithiHi.

The knee.

A repetitive prayer.

The abdomen, stomach.

An asana, in which the abdomen is made to move to

and fro.

Conquest, victory. It also means control, mastery.

A living being, a creature.

Life.

A person who is emancipated during his lifetime by

true knowledge of the Supreme Spirit.

The emancipated state.

The individual or personal soul.

Sacred knowledge derived from meditation on the

higher truths of religion and philosophy, which

teaches a man how to understand his own nature.

The path ofknowledge by which man finds realisation.

The gesture of the hand where the tip of the index

finger is brought in contact with the tip of the thumb,

while the remaining three fingers are kept extended.

The gesture is a symbol of knowledge (jfiana). The

index finger is the symbol of the individual soul, the

thumb signifies the Supreme Universal Soul, and the

union of these two symbolises true knowledge.

Hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell.

Kagola or Kahola The father of the sage Astavakra. • •

Kailiisa A mountain peak in the Himalayas, considered as the

Kaivalya

Kaivalya-piida

Kiila-Bhairava

Kiilidiisa

Kama

Kiima-dhenu

Kiima-rupa

Kanda

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abode of Siva.

Final emancipation.

The fourth and last part of Patafijali's Yoga Siitra,

dealing with ' Absolution.

A name of Siva.

The most renowned dramatist ' and poet in Sanskrit

literature, whose work 'Sakuiltala' is universally

respected.

Desire, lust. Name of the god of Passion.

The heavenly cow yielding all desires.

The seat of the genitals, so named after Kama, the

god of passion.

A bulbous root, a knot. The kailda is of a round shape

of about four inches situated twelve inches above the