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| Yajna | sacrifice, sacred ritual |
| Yajur Veda | 'Knowledge of Sacrificial Ritual', one of the four Vedas |
| Yama | God of Death; ruler of the realm of the dead the 'Land of the Fathers': he was the first man to die and therefore the welcomer of others to his realm |
| Yamas | yogic attitudes |
| Yantra | geometrical meditation designs |
| Yatra | pilgrimage |
| Yoga | techniques of developing and integrating energy; discipline or 'yoking' of the senses and the ego more... |
| Yoga Sutras | classical text of Patanjali on Yoga |
| Yogi | practitioner of yoga |
| Yugas | world-ages |
