Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

528 Glossary

Pratiloma

Pratyahara

Pratyak�a

Pu'l}ya

Pur aka

Purnata

Purva

Purvottana

Raga

RaJa

Raja-kapota

Raja-marga

Raja-yoga

Raja-yogi

Rajar�i

Rajas

Rajo-gu'l}a

Ram a

Ramaya'l}a

Ravana •

Rechaka

Retus

Rsi

k�

Ruchika

Against the hair, against the grain.

Withdrawal and emancipation of the mind from the

domination of the senses and sensual objects. The

fifth stage of yoga.

Direct evidence.

Virtue, merit, righteous, just, good.

Inhalation.

Fullness, perfection.

East. The front of the body.

The intense stretch of the front side of the body.

Love, passion, anger.

A king, a ruler.

King pigeon.

The royal road to self-realisation through the control

of the mind.

The achievement of union with the Supreme

Universal Spirit, by becoming the ruler of one's own

mind by defeating its enemies. The chief of these

enemies are : Kama (passi(m or lust), krodha (anger

or wrath), lobha (greed), moha (delusion), mada

(pride) and matsara (jealousy or envy). The eight­

fold yoga of Pataiijali shows the royal road (raja­

marga) for achieving this objective.

One who has complete ma�tery over his mind and

self. One who has conquered himself.

A royal sage, a philosopher king.

Mobility or activity; one of the three qualities or

constituents of everything in nature.

The quality of mobility or activity.

The hero of the epic Ramayana. The seventh

incarnation of Visnu...

Name of the celebrated epic about the exploits of

Rama. It is the work of the sage Valmiki.

Name of the demon king of Lanka who abducted

Sita, wife of Rama.

Exhalation, emptying of the lungs.

Semen.

An inspired sage.

The second syllable m the word 'guru', meanmg

light.

A sage.