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Patanjali set out his definition of yoga in the Yoga Sutras as having eight limbs (अष्टाङ्ग aṣṭ āṅga, "eight limbs") as follows: The eight limbs of yoga are yama (abstinences), niyama (observances), asana (yoga postures), pranayama (breath control), pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), dharana (concentration), dhyana ...
According to Feuerstein, the Yoga sutras main component is the Kriya yoga, with astangha yoga forming a "long insert or quotation of an 'Eight-limbed Yoga'portion." [ 42 ] While Larson is appreciative of Feuerstein's attempt to treat the Yoga sutras as an unifirm text, he also notes that "it is doubtfull that most researchers would concede that ...
[1] [9] The yamas were explained in detail by Patañjali in the Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali as the first step of the eight-fold path of yogic philosophy and practice for attaining enlightenment and union of the mind, body and soul. [7] Yamas means "restraint", particularly "from actions, words, or thoughts that may cause harm". [10]
A page from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and Bhasya commentary (c. 2nd to 4th century CE), which placed asana as one of the eight limbs of classical yoga. The eight limbs are, in order, the yamas (codes of social conduct), niyamas (self-observances), asanas (postures), pranayama (breath work), pratyahara (sense withdrawal or non-attachment), dharana ...
Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga), the eight limbs of yoga as defined by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras; Raja yoga, Vivekananda's popularisation of Ashtanga Yoga; Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga, a style of asana-based modern yoga founded and popularized by K. Pattabhi Jois; Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, divided into eight limbs
The answer in the first book (Brahmana) of the text, is structured as an eight limb yoga similar in form to Patanjali's eight limbed yoga system, but with significant differences. [8] [16] There are four Yamas and nine Niyamas, states the text, in contrast to five Yamas and five Niyamas in Yogasutras for example. [19]
The "eight limb yoga" is described in chapter 2 verse 28-55, and chapter 3 verse 3 and 54. [ 17 ] There are numerous parallels in the ancient Samkhya , Yoga and Abhidharma schools of thought, particularly from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century AD, notes Larson. [ 18 ]
The "eight limb yoga" is described in chapter 2 verse 28–55, and chapter 3 verse 3 and 54. [37] [note 3] According to Barbara Miller, Kriya yoga as described in the Yoga Sutras is the "active performance of yoga." [41] It is part of the niyamas, "observances", the second limb of Patanjali's eight limbs. [41] [note 4]