Sanskrit Words beginning with Y

Glossary of Hindu Terms with Meanings

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

Yoga Sutras:

classical text of Patanjali on Yoga

Yogi:

practitioner of yoga

Yugas:

world-ages, as in the four yugas or epochs

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