Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

Parsvaika-pada
Parvata
Parvati
Paryanka
Pas a
Paschima
Paschimottana

Pat ala

Patafijali

Pzda.

Pinch a

Pinda

PirJcJa-prarJa

Ping ala

Pliha

Prahl ada

Prajapati

Prajfia

Prajfiatma

Prakrti

Pramada

Pramana.

Prana.

PrarJa-vayu

Pranava

Pranayama

Pranidhana.

Prasarita

Prasvasa

With one leg turned sideways.

A mountain.

Glossary 527

A goddess, consort of Siva, daughter of Himalaya.

A bed, a couch.

A fetter, trap, noose.

West; the back side of the body.

Intense stretch of the back side of the body from the

nape to the heels.

The nether region.

The propounder of Yoga philosophy. He was the

author of the Yoga Siitras, the Mahabhasya (a

classical treatise on grammar) and a treatise on

medicine.

Pain, suffering, pressure.

The chin, a feather.

The foetus or embryo, the body.

The individual breath, as contrasted with the cosmic

or Universal breath.

A na�n or channel of energy, starting from the right

nostril, then moving to the crown of the head and

thence downwards to the base of the spine. As the

solar energy flows through it it is also called the

siirya-na�il. Piilgala means tawny or reddish.

The spleen.

A great devotee of Vi�I;lU. He was the son of the

demon king Hirai;lya-kasipu.

The lord of created beings.

Intelligence, wisdom.

The intelligential self.

Nature, the original source of the material world,

consisting of three qualities, sattva, rajas and tamas.

Indifference, insensibility.

A standard or ideal; authority.

Breath, respiration, life, vitality, wind, energy,

strength. It also connotes the soul.

The vital air which pervades the entire human body.

It moves in the region of the chest.

Another word for the sacred syllable Auril.

Rhythmic control of breath. The fourth stage of

yoga.

Dedication.

Spread out, stretched out.

Expiration.