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क्लेशः - kleśa

   क्लेशः - kleśa   About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan Kleśa is among the most frequently cited Yoga terms. Six widely read sources give six different answers: Source Explanation of kleśa Wikipedia [1] "Impurity", "corruption" or "poison" The Yoga Institute, Santacruz [2] "Painful or afflicted" Integral Yoga Magazine [3] The full dictionary range, from obstacles and pain to anger and worldly occupation The Art of Living [4] "Affliction"; the five kleśas as sources of suffering and misery Isha Foundation [5] Addressed through Kleśa Nāśana Kriyā , for physical health and mental wellbeing Common Yoga Protocol, Ministry of AYUSH [6] The aim of Yoga is to overcome "all kinds of sufferings"   Each answer captures something genuine. Read side by ...
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प्रणिधानम्- praṇidhāna

 प्रणिधानम्- praṇidhāna   About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan   Etymology प्र + नि + धा + ल्युट् = प्रणिधानम् pra + ni + dhā + lyuṭ = praṇidhānam ·        The Prefixes here are pra and ni – that means respectively. Pra refers to प्रकर्ष – prakarṣa - clearly/explicitly [1] ni – नितराम् –   nitar ā m completely [2] ·        The root is dhā to mean - धारण - पोषणयोः dhāraṇa-poṣaṇayoḥ - to hold and to noursih ·        The suffx is lyut which is added by the grammatical rule ल्युट् च lyuṭ ca   ( aṣṭādhyāyī 3.3.115) . The meaning brought in by adding the suffix is the – भाव - the act. Hence the derivation of the term would be – प्रणिधीयते इति प्रणिधनम् – praṇidhīyate iti praṇidhanam-   the act of placing clearly and completely / surrendering.   Lexicon There is one reference to the word in amarakośa . It is as follows - ...
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