Ś abda -
Sound. Characteristic of ā kā sa.
Ś abda Brahman -
Cosmic causal state
Sabḹja -
Bḹja means seed or germ. Sabḹja means accompanied by a seed. In prā ṇā y ā ma and dhyā na the chanting or mental repition of a bḹja mantra, a sacred prayer, is given to the beginner to bring his wandering mind to a steady condition.
Sabija dhyā na -
Dhyā na performed with the mental repetition of a sacred prayer
Sabija Prā ṇā yā ma -
Prā ṇā yā ma performed with the mental repetition of a sacred prayer.
Sadguru - The ultimate guru - one's own Self
Sā dhaka -
A seeker, an aspirant
Sā dhana -
Practice, quest
Sā dhu -
Pious man
Saguṇa -
With attributes
Sahaja - The sahaja state is the natural condition, that is, enlightenment or realization
Sahaja sthiti -
Once Self-realisation has been attained, there is full and lasting knowledge of the self. 'sahaja' means 'state' but this stage of samā dhi is not a state - it is our true nature. It is permanent (sthiti meaning 'steady' or 'remaining'), unlike the earlier stages of samā dhi.
Sahasrā ra chakra -
The thousand petalled lotus in the cerebral cavity
Sahasrā ra nā ḍḹ -
This nā ḍḹ is the seat of the supreme spirit, and the gateway to it. Sahiti kumkhaka - Sahita means ‘accompanied by’ or ‘attended by’ or ‘together with’. An intentional suspension of breath.
Sakā ra -
'with form', referring to the manifest aspects of brahman
Sā kṣI -
A witness or seer. The supreme being which sees but does not act
Ś akti -
Power, energy, capacity, strength, representing the power of consciousness to act. Ś akti Is portrayed as the female aspect of the ultimate principle and deified as the wife of Ś iva.
Sā kṣibhā va -
Being or becoming (bhā va) a witness (sā ksin).
Sā kṣin -
Seeing, observing, a 'witness', ego or subject
Sā lamba sarvā ngā sana -
Shoulder stand
Sā lamba sirŚ ā sana -
Head stand
Ś ama -
Literally tranquility, absence of passion but more usually translated as mental Discipline or self-control
Samā dhā na -
Concentration; one of the 'six qualities' that form part of Sankara's chatushtaya samā patti - Engrossment.
Samā dhi -
Intense concentration. Last of the eight limbs of rā ja/hatha yoga.
Samā na -
One of the five prā ṇas by which nourishment from food is evenly distributed to all parts of the body.
Sā mā naya -
General; common; universal
Samahita chitta - The state wherein the mind, intellect and ego are evenly balanced and well disposed. A well-balanced personality
Samā patti -
Engrossment
samaprajnā ta samā dhi -
Intense concentration in a one-pointed mind in which the tattvas are revealed and permanently retained
Samattva - The mental condition of harmony, balance
Samavṛtti Prā ṇā yā ma -
Of equal movement or duration in inhalation, exhalation and Suspension of breath in prā ṇā yā ma
Sā ma veda -
One of the four Vedas, 'Knowledge of Chants'
Ś ambhavi mudra -
A yoga gesture in which one focuses at the mid-eyebrow centre
Samhitā -
A philosophical or religious text constructed according to certain rules of sound
Saṁjñā -
A state of the mind. Consciousness. Definition
Saá¹kalpa - Volition; resolution
Ś amkhiṇḹ nā ḍḹ -
Name of a nā ḍḹ, located between the idā and the suṣumṇā , terminating at the genital organs.
Sā ṁkhya -
One of the schools of Hindu philosophy, founded by kapila, giving a systematic account of cosmic evolution
Sā ṁkhya kā rikā -
The tenets of sā ṁkhya philosophy in verse form composed by ḹsvarakṛṣna.
Sā ṁkhya pravachana -
Sā ṁkhya principles in the form of aphorisms; yoga sūtras.
Sampradā ya -
The tradition or established doctrine of teaching from master to pupil through The ages
Samprajanya -
Watchfullness over the state of one’s body and mind.
Samprajñā na -
Knowledge of tattvas gained through concentration and retained in a one- pointed mind.
Samprajñā ta yoga -
Intense concentration in a one-pointed mind in which the tattvas are revealed and permanently retained
Sampratipatti - Similarity of usage; tradition.
Samsā ra -
The continual cycle of death and rebirth, transmigration etc. to which we are supposedly subject in the phenomenal world until we become enlightened and escape.
SaṁŚ aya -
Doubt
Samskā ra -
Latent impression of mental as well as physical actions
Saṁyama -
Technical name of fixity, meditation and concentration; application of dhā raṇā - dhyā na-samā dhi on the same object. Abstinence.
Samvega - Intense ardour derived from long practice.
Sā nanda -
With blissful feeling.
Saṇā tana -
Eternal or permanent; in conjunction with dharma, this refers to our essential nature.
Saṇā tana Dharma -
Refers to the traditional Hindu practices or as a synonym for 'Hinduism'.
Sanchita -
one of the three types of samskā ras, literally meaning 'collected' or 'piled up'; that samskā ra, which has been accumulated from past action but has still not manifest.
Sankalpa - Spiritual resolve
Ś ankarā -
The eighth century adept who was the greatest proponent of nondualism (advaita vedā nta)
Ś ankarā charya -
A celebrated teacher of the doctrine of advaita.
ṣanmukhḹ mudra -
A sealing posture where the apertures in the head are closed and the mind is directed inwards to train it for meditation.
Sanskṛt -
The classical literary language of India. All the words relating to yoga come from Sanskrit, the ancient Indo European language of Hinduism, the vedas and other Sacred texts.
Ś anti -
Peace
Sanyā sa -
The final stage of the traditional Hindu spiritual path; involves complete renunciation. The word literally means 'putting or throwing down, laying aside'; i.e. becoming a professional ascetic
Santoṣa -
Contentment.
Sarasvatḹ -
Goddess of learning and speech.
Ś arira -
The body enveloping the soul.
Ś arira jñā na -
Knowledge of the body.
Sarva - All
Sarvā ngā sana -
Shoulder stand. Sarvā nga means the entire body or all the limbs. In this posture the whole body benefits from its performance, hence the name.
Sā smita samā dhi -
Concentration on the pure I-sense.
Ś ā stra -
Scriptures
Sat - That which always exists.
Satchitā nanda -
The often used word to describe our true nature, translated as being- consciousness-bliss.
Ś ā tapatha brā hmaṇa -
One of the vedic subdivisions.
Satsanga - Association with the good; keeping 'good company'; most commonly used now to refer to a group of people gathered together to discuss philosophy and pursue spiritual pursuits.
Sattva -
The sentient principle; the first of the three guṇas.
Sattva saá¹sevana - Cultivation of self-cognition.
Sattvapatti - Self realisation
Sā ttvika -
Of the sentient principle. Virtuous.
Sā ttvic prajña -
Illuminated wisdom.
Satya - Truth; truthfulness; conceptual fact.
Saucha - Cleanliness
Savā sana -
Corpse posture
Savichā ra -
Associated with reasoning.
Savikalpa - Referring to Samadhi but still 'with' doubts about one's identity with the one Self. Savitarka - Associated with words.
Savitr - Vedic solar deity.
Setu - Bridge.
Setubandha sarvā ngā sana -
Full bridge posture
Siddha - A sage, seer or prophet; also a semi-divine being of great purity and holiness.
SiddhÄsana - A meditative seating posture in which the left heel presses the perineum (stimulating the mÅ«lÄdhÄra chakra); also called as the adept's pose or the 'pose of perfection'.
Siddhi - Spiritual perfection, being at one with reality. Siddhi often involves superhuman powers.
Sirā -
A tubular organ in the body distributing vital seminal energy throughout the subtle body.
Ś irṣā sana -
Headstand
Ś iṣya -
A pupil, disciple.
Ś itakā rḹ Prā ṇā yā ma -
Breathing technique which involves hissing leading to a cooling effect upon the whole body.
Ś italḹ Prā ṇā yā ma -
Breathing technique which cools the whole body.
Ś iva -
The divine; a deity that has served yogins as an archetypal model throughout the ages
Ś iva samhitā -
A classical text book on hatha yoga.
Sḹtā -
Name of the wife of rā ma, the heroine of the epic rā mā yā na.
Skandha - The five forms of mundane consciousness (In Buddhist philosophy)
Ś leṣma -
Phlegm.
Smṛti -
Recollection; remembrance; memory
Smṛti sā dhanā -
Watchfulness over one’s own mind.
Soham - Represents a mantra in meditation; literally means, 'I am That'. Represents the psychic sound with the sound 'so' during inhalation and 'ham' during exhalation.
Soma - The moon
Soma chakra - A nervous plexus located in the centre of the brain.
Soma nā ḍḹ -
Another name for idā nā ḍḹ, which in its course conveys lunar energy and is therefore called chandra or soma nā ḍḹ.
Sopakrama - Action which has started producing results.
SparŚ a -
The subtle element of touch.
Ś raddhā -
Reverential devotion.
Ś rā vaṇa -
Hearing, the first stage of self-culture.
Ś ri -
The goddess lakṣmi, consort of lord viṣṇu.
Sṛṣti-dṛṣti-vā da -
The theory that the world is separate from ourselves, having been created (by god or big-bang) and evolving independently of ourselves.
Srotas - A rapid stream. Also a canal of nutriment in the body.
Ś ruti -
Words of the sages; the vedas.
Sthapatya Veda - the vedic science of architecture.
Sthirathā -
Firmness, steadiness, stability, fortitude, constancy, fixity.
Sthita prajña -
Firm in judgement or wisdom, free from any hallucinations.
Sthūla Ś arḹra - The gross, the material or perishable body which is destroyed at death.
Stithi - Inertia. Tranquility.
Styā na -
Langour, sloth.
Ś ubha -
Good, virtuous.
Ś ubhā nga karaṇam -
True beauty, in which every aspect of the body is radiantly healthy.
Ś ubhechhā -
Good desire or intention.
Ś uddhi -
the state of purity; a synonym of shodhana.
Ś ukra -
Semen, virile.
Ś ūnya -
Empty, void, lonely, desolate, non-existent, blank, zero.
Ś ūnya deŚ a -
A desolate or lonely place. The state of aloneness.
Sukhā sana -
Cross-legged posture
Sukṣma Ś arḹra -
The subtle body, one of the three layers of the body.
Ś ūnyā vasthā -
The state when the internal and emotional upheavals are stilled.
Supta baddhakonā sana -
Reclining bound angle posture
Supta pā dangusthā sana -
Reclining bit toe posture
Supta vḹrā sana -
Reclining hero posture
Ś ūrā nā ḍḹ -
Name of the nā ḍḹ located between the eye-brows.
Sūrya -
The sun
Sūrya bheda Prā ṇā yā ma -
In this prā ṇā yā ma inhalation is done through the right nostril, from where the pingalā nā ḍḹ or sūrya nā ḍḹ starts. Exhalation is done through the left nostrils, from where the id ā nā ḍḹ or chandra nā ḍḹ starts.
Sūrya chakra -
Nervous plexus situated between the navel and the heart.
Sūrya Namaskā ra -
Sun salutations - a series of yoga postures honoring the sun.
Sūrya nā ḍḹ -
The nā ḍḹ of the sun.
Suṣumṇā nā ḍḹ -
The main channel of energy situated inside the spinal column.
Suṣupti avasthā -
The state of the mind in dreamless sleep.
Suṣruta -
A age who propounded the medical sciences.
Suṣruta Samhita -
A classical text of ayurveda.
Sūtra -
Terse maxim; aphorism.
Svadharma - One's own dharma.
Svā dhisthana chakra -
The nervous plexus situated above the organs of generation.
Svā dhyā ya -
Study of scriptures or the repetition of mantras.
Svaḥ -
The sky.
Svah-loka - A heavenly region.
Svapna - Sleep with dreams
Svapnā vasthā -
The state of the mind in a dream.v Svarūpa - Essence; substratum.
Ś vā sha-praŚ vā sa -
Heaving and sighing.
Svā tmā rā ma -
Author of hatha-yoga-pradḹpikā , a classical text book on hatha yoga.
Svā mi -
Title given to a monk; a svā mi is a monk who has taken vows of renunciation and of service to god and humanity
Svastikā sana -
Cross-legged posture
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