Six-Limbed Yoga
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Absorption · Breath-Control · Concentration · Contemplation · Meditation · Six Limbs · Withdrawal · dhyāna · dhāraṇa · pratyāhāra
spoken of as
1 expressionṣaḍaṅgayoga“six-limbed yoga”1 mention
Vrhaspatitattva (Kawi)
> *Pratyāhāra* and also *dhyāna*, *prāṇāyāma* and *dhāraṇa*, > and *tarka* as well as *samādhi*—this is called the six-limbed yoga.
in the texts
Gaṇapatitattva
A doctrine of six sequential yogic practices (withdrawal, meditation, breath-control, concentration, contemplation, absorption) leading toward liberation.
the yoga of withdrawal, the yoga of meditation, the yoga of breath-control, the yoga of concentration, the yoga of contemplation, and the yoga of absorption.
> Withdrawal, and Meditation, Breath-Control, and Concentration, > Contemplation, and Absorption, are said to be the Six Limbs.
> Having split open the crown of the head with the breath, that is called Breath-Control.
Vrhaspatitattva
The system of six-limbed yoga comprising pratyāhāra (withdrawal), dhyāna (meditation), prāṇāyāma (breath control), dhāraṇa (retention), tarka (investigation), and samādhi (absorption).
> *Pratyāhāra* and also *dhyāna*, *prāṇāyāma* and *dhāraṇa*, > and *tarka* as well as *samādhi*—this is called the six-limbed yoga.
There is *pratyāhārayoga*, *dhyānayoga*, *prāṇāyāmayoga*, *dhāraṇayoga*, *tarkayoga*, and *samādhiyoga*.
Such is what is called *ṣaḍaṅgayoga*, which is the knowledge of the wise.