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− | 1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. | + | 1. Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29)<ref name=":0">Patanjal Yoga Sutras 2.29 2.30 2.39 [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8]</ref> enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below. |
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− | यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। | + | यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।। ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' |
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− | ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।'' | |
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| Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. | | Meaning: The 8 limbs of yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Dharna, Dhyana, Samadhi. |
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− | 2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30 | + | 2. Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":0" /> |
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− | अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। | + | अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।'' |
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− | ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।'' | |
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| The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary. | | The five Yama as per Patanjali are Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. As per other texts the number may vary. |
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− | 3. Patanjali explains Aparigraha in Sutra 2.39 as below. | + | 3. Patanjali explains Aparigraha in Sutra 2.39<ref name=":0" /> as below. |
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− | अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ।। २.३९ ।।
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− | ''aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtāsaṁbodhaḥ ।। 2.39 ।।'' | + | अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ।। २.३९ ।। ''aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtāsaṁbodhaḥ ।। 2.39 ।।'' |
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| Meaning: As one gets free from desires and wants, the real purpose of the life is revealed. | | Meaning: As one gets free from desires and wants, the real purpose of the life is revealed. |