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[edit] Etymology
From the verbal root √yuj (“to yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to yoke, harness, join”), whence also Proto-Indo-European noun *yugóm that gave Sanskrit युग (yugá).[edit] Noun
योग (yóga) m.- the act of yoking, joining, attaching, harnessing, putting to (of horses) [quotations ▼]
- a yoke, team, vehicle, conveyance
- employment, use, application, performance
- equipping or arraying (of an army)
- fixing (of an arrow on the bow-string)
- putting on (of armour)
- a remedy, cure
- a means, expedient, device, way, manner, method
- a supernatural means, charm, incantation, magical art
- a trick, stratagem, fraud, deceit (compare yoga-nanda)
- undertaking, business, work
- acquisition, gain, profit, wealth, property
- occasion, opportunity
- any junction, union, combination, contact with (+instrumental with or without सह (sahá), or compound)
- योगम् (yogam) √i — to agree, consent, acquiesce in anything
- mixing of various materials, mixture
- partaking of, possessing (instrumental or compound)
- connection, relation (योगात् (yogāt), योगेन (yógena) and योगतस् (yóga-tas) at the end of a compound: in consequence of, on account of, by reason of, according to, through)
- putting together, arrangement, disposition, regular succession
- fitting together, fitness, propriety, suitability
- exertion, endeavour, zeal, diligence, industry, care, attention [quotations ▼]
- पूर्णेन योगेन (pūrṇena yogena) — with all one's powers, with overflowing zeal
- yoga: application or concentration of the thoughts, abstract contemplation, meditation, (especially) self-concentration, abstract meditation and mental abstraction practised as a system
- any simple act or rite conducive to yoga or abstract meditation
- Yoga personified (as the son of Dharma and Kriya)
- a follower of the yoga system
- (in samkhya) the union of soul with matter (one of the 10 मूलिकअर्था (mūlika-arthā)s or radical facts)
- (with पाशुपत (pāśupata)s) the union of the individual soul with the universal soul
- (with पाञ्चरात्र (pāñcarātra)s) devotion, pious seeking after God
- (with जैन (jaina)s) contact or mixing with the outer world
- (astronomy) conjunction, lucky conjuncture
- (astronomy) a constellation, fasterism (these, with the moon, are called चान्द्रयोगाः (cāndra-yogāḥ) and are 13 in number; without the moon they are called खयोगाः (kha-yogāḥ), or नाभसयोगाः (nābhasa-yogāḥ))
- (astronomy) the leading or principal star of a lunar asterism
- (astronomy) name of a variable division of time (during which the joint motion in longitude of the sun and moon amounts to 13 degrees 20 minutes; there are 27 such yogas beginning with विष्कम्भ (viṣkambha) and ending with वैधृति (vaidhṛti))
- (arithmetic) addition, sum, total
- (grammar) the connection of words together, syntactical dependence of a word, construction (at the end of a compound = dependent on, ruled by)
- (grammar) a combined or concentrated grammatical rule or aphorism
- the connection of a word with its root, original or etymological meaning (as opposed to रूढि (rūḍhi))
- a violator of confidence, spy
- name of a scholiast or commentator on the परमार्थसार (paramārthasāra)
[edit] Declension
[hide ▲] Masculine a-stem declension of योग
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | योगः (yogaḥ) | योगौ (yogau) | योगाः (yogāḥ) |
| Vocative | योग (yoga) | योगौ (yogau) | योगाः (yogāḥ) |
| Accusative | योगम् (yogam) | योगौ (yogau) | योगान् (yogān) |
| Instrumental | योगेन (yogena) | योगाभ्याम् (yogābhyām) | योगैः (yogaiḥ) |
| Dative | योगाय (yogāya) | योगाभ्याम् (yogābhyām) | योगेभ्यः (yogebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | योगात् (yogāt) | योगाभ्याम् (yogābhyām) | योगेभ्यः (yogebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | योगस्य (yogasya) | योगयोः (yogayoḥ) | योगानाम् (yogānām) |
| Locative | योगे (yoge) | योगयोः (yogayoḥ) | योगेषु (yogeṣu) |
[edit] References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0856
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