Yoga (disambiguation)
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Sanskrit word

Yoga a Sanskrit word with a general meaning of "connection, conjunction, attachment, union".
  • Raja Yoga
    Raja Yoga
    Rāja Yoga is concerned principally with the cultivation of the mind using meditation to further one's acquaintance with reality and finally achieve liberation.Raja yoga was first described in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and is part of the Samkhya tradition.In the context of Hindu...

    , a system of meditation in classical Vedanta philosophy
    • Hatha Yoga
      Hatha yoga
      Hatha yoga , also called hatha vidya , is a system of yoga introduced by Yogi Swatmarama, a Hindu sage of 15th century India, and compiler of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika....

      , a school within this system which emphasizes physical exercise
    • Yoga as exercise or alternative medicine, a class of schools of physical exercise derived from Hatha Yoga during the 20th century
  • Three Yogas
    Three Yogas
    The Three Yogas in the context of monotheistic Hinduismare three religious paths for the human spirit to achieve union with Ishvara, Supreme Being, i.e. God...

    , a concept of mystical union with God in Hindu monotheism
  • Asrava
    Asrava
    Asrava is one of the tattva or the fundamental reality of the world as per the Jain philosophy. It refers to the influence of body and mind causing the soul to generate karma....

    , an activity of the mind or body, a cause of Karma in Jainism
  • the term for "conjunction" in Hindu astrology
  • in Sanskrit grammar, a grammatical construction or application of a rule in the Ashtadhyayi
  • Yuga
    Yuga
    Yuga in Hindu philosophy is the name of an 'epoch' or 'era' within a cycle of four ages. These are the Satya Yuga, the Treta Yuga, the Dvapara Yuga, and finally the Kali Yuga. According to Hindu cosmology, life in the universe is created, destroyed once every 4.1 to 8.2 billion years, which is...

    , an age or epoch in Hindu chronology

Japanese words

  • Yōga, Tokyo (用賀), a neighbourhood in Tokyo
  • Yōga Station
    Yoga Station
    is a railway station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line located in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. This station is one of the nearest station to Kinuta Park.-Station layout:There are 2 side platforms.-History:*April 1, 1907: Opened as Yōga stop of ....

     (用賀駅), a railway station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line located in Tokyo
  • Yōga (art)
    Yoga (art)
    or literally "Western-style paintings" is a term used to describe paintings by Japanese artists that have been made in accordance with Western traditional conventions, techniques and materials...

    (洋画, literally "Western-style paintings")
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