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  About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan   आलम्बनम् - ālambanam     Etymology आङ् + लम्ब + ल्युट् = आलम्बनम् āṅ + lamba + lyuṭ = ālambanam The prefix is āṅ The root is lamba - लम्ब् अवस्रंसने - lamb avasraṃsane. The meaning of the root is to hang down.    The suffix is lyut. It indicates the object of actions (karma). This suffix is added to the root based on the grammatical rule कृत्यल्ल्युटो बहुलम्   kṛtyallyuṭo bahulam ( a ṣṭā dhy ā y ī 3.3.113 ) Based on the grammatical derivation the derivation statement of the word can be as follows - आलम्ब्यते यत् तत् आलम्बनम् - ālambyate yat tat ālambanam – the support of that which is taken to hang on.   Lexicon - There are no entires of this term in Amarakośa     Textual Occurrences Yogasūtra There are four occurrences to the term in this text. They are as follows -   अभावप्रययालम्बना वृत्तिर्निद्रा ॥ १ . १० ॥ स्वप्ननिद्राज्ञानालम्बनं वा ॥ १ . ३८ ॥ न च तत्सालम्बनं तस्याविषयीभू

  About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan     अभ्यासः- abhyāsa  Etymology अभि+अस्+घञ् = अभ्यासः abhi+as+ghañ = abhyāsaḥ अभि abhi   is the prefix that is used in the sense [1] of सांमुख्य   s āṃ mukhya/ आभिमुख्य   or ā bhimukhya   - towards and आम्नाय ā mn ā ya – to remember well अस् as is the root. The meaning of the root is क्षेपे - to throw घञ् ghañ is the suffix added to indicate the act. This suffix is added as per the grammatical rule   भावे   bhāve ( aṣṭādhyāyī 3.3.18) The derivate statement to the word would then be - आभिमुख्येन अस्यते क्षिप्यते इति   - ābhimukhyena asyate kṣipyate iti   - It indicates the act of throwing towards.   Throwing here may refer to channelizing. Channelizing one’s effort towards a specific task.   Lexicon - This term is not found in the Amarakosh a   Textual Occurrences Yogasūtras There are four references to the term Abhyāsa in the text. It is interesting to note that all the four references are found in the