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    About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan   वृत्तिः - vṛtti   Etymology वृत्+क्तिन् = वृत्तिः vṛt+ktin = vṛttiḥ   ·        The root here is   vṛt. The meaning of the root is वर्तनम् – vartanam – to be, to happen, to be present. ·        The suffix is ktin. The addition of the suffix to the root is by the rule स्त्रियां क्तिन् (अष्टाध्यायी ३.३.९४ ) - striyāṃ ktin (aṣṭādhyāyī 3.3.94). According to the rule - the word will be a feminine word and the meaning indicated by the suffix is Bhāva – the act. Hence based on this – the derivative statement would be - वृत्यते इति वृत्तिः   - vṛtyate iti vṛttiḥ - the act of being present. (in the context of Yoga, then the implied sense would be - cittavṛttis are those (acts) by which the existence of the citta is known )   Lexicon There are three references to the word vṛtti in amarakośa. आजीवो जीविका वार्ता वृत्तिर्...

   About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan    विभूतिः- Vibhūti Etymology : विभूतिः = वि + भू + क्तिन्   vibhūtiḥ = vi + bhū + ktin As can be seen from the above [1] Bhū - is the root which means - sattāyām (to exist, to be, to happen) The prefix added to it is vi – indicating special The suffix is ktin which is added in the sense of indicating the action (bhāva) (embedded in the root - to be) and feminine gender ( striyāṃ ktin - aṣṭādhyāyī 3.3.94) Thus the three components, in general indicate the meaning special presence/happening (of powers).   Lexicon In the lexicon amarakośa we find the following reference on the term vibhūti -   Vibhūtir-bhūtir-aiśvaryam aṇimādikam aṣṭadhā (1.1.36) The words Vibhūti, bhūti, aiśvarya are synonyms. They are eight types of powers beginning from aṇimā (becoming infinitesimally small) etc   Textual occurrences Yogasūtra It is interesting to note that though the third Ch...