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== Scriptural Occurrence: ==
 
== Scriptural Occurrence: ==
1.   Patanjal Yoga Sutras (2.29) enlists Yama as one of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as below.  
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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 ।।
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यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ।। २.२९ ।।   ''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''
 
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''yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni ।। 2.29 ।।''  
      
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
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2.   Further Patanjali mentions the 5 Yamas in Sutra 2.30<ref name=":0" />
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।।
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अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः ।। २.३० ।। ''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''
 
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''ahiṁsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ ।। 2.30 ।।''
      
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.  
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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 ।।''
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अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः ।। २.३९ ।।  ''aparigrahasthairye janmakathaṁtāsaṁbodhaḥ ।। 2.39 ।।''
    
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.

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