yójana n. joining, yoking, harnessing, [PārGṛ.]; [Hariv.]
that which is yoked or harnessed, a team, vehicle (also applied to the hymns and prayers addressed to the gods), [RV.]
course, path, [ib.]
(sometimes m.; ifc. f(A). ) a stage or Yojana (i.e. a distance traversed in one harnessing or without unyoking; esp. a partic. measure of distance, sometimes regarded as equal to 4 or 5 English miles, but more correctly = 4 Krośas or about 9 miles; according to other calculations = 2 1/2 English miles, and according to some = 8 Krośas), [RV.] &c. &c.
instigation, stimulation, [Sāh.]
mental concentration, abstraction, directing the thoughts to one point (= yoga), [Up.]
the Supreme Spirit of the Universe (= paramātman), [L.]