Yoga
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind. countable, uncountable
"Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you."
- 2 The tree Elaeocarpus joga. uncountable
"A mealybug, Pseudococcus nr. microadonidum Beardsley (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) has been found feeding on the foliage of E. joga. This mealybug was sometimes found in the domatia of yoga leaves. It has been recorded on coconut, banana, and pandanus from Kiribati, Pohnpei, and Marshall Islands. This insect is a new record on yoga and for Guam."
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of yoga. alt-of, uncountable
- 4 a system of physical, breathing and meditation exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind wordnet
- 5 discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion wordnet
- 1 One of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. Hinduism
Example
More examples"What's your favorite yoga pose?"
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”) (whence also yoke).
Borrowed from Chamorro yoga.
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