&c. See pp. 856, 858.
yóga m. (√ 1. yuj; ifc. f(A). ) the act of yoking, joining, attaching, harnessing, putting to (of horses), [RV.]; [MBh.]
a yoke, team, vehicle, conveyance, [ŚBr.]; [Kauś.]; [MBh.]
employment, use, application, performance, [RV.] &c. &c.
equipping or arraying (of an army), [MBh.]
fixing (of an arrow on the bow-string), [ib.]
putting on (of armour), [L.]
a remedy, cure, [Suśr.]
a means, expedient, device, way, manner, method, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a supernatural means, charm, incantation, magical art, [ib.]
a trick, stratagem, fraud, deceit, [Mn.]; [Kathās.] (cf. yoga-nanda)
undertaking, business, work, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]
acquisition, gain, profit, wealth, property, [ib.]; [Kauś.]; [MBh.]
occasion, opportunity, [Kām.]; [MārkP.]
any junction, union, combination, contact with (instr. with or without saha, or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (yogam √ i, to agree, consent, acquiesce in anything, [R.])
mixing of various materials, mixture, [MBh.]; [R.]; [VarBṛS.]
partaking of, possessing (instr. or comp.), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Hariv.]
connection, relation (yogāt, yogena and yoga-tas ifc. in consequence of, on account of, by reason of, according to, through), [KātyŚr.]; [ŚvetUp.]; [Mn.] &c.
putting together, arrangement, disposition, regular succession, [Kāṭh.] [ŚrS.]
fitting together, fitness, propriety, suitability (°gena ind. and -tas ind. suitably, fitly, duly, in the right manner), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
exertion, endeavour, zeal, diligence, industry, care, attention (°yoga-tas ind. strenuously, assiduously; pūrṇena yogena, with all one's powers, with overflowing zeal), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
application or concentration of the thoughts, abstract contemplation, meditation, (esp.) self-concentration, abstract meditation and mental abstraction practised as a system (as taught by Patañjali and called the Yoga philosophy; it is the second of the two Sāṃkhya systems, its chief aim being to teach the means by which the human spirit may attain complete union with Īśvara or the Supreme Spirit; in the practice of self-concentration it is closely connected with Buddhism), [Up.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. ([IW. 92])
any simple act or rite conducive to Yoga or abstract meditation, [Sarvad.]
Yoga personified (as the son of Dharma and Kriyā), [BhP.]
a follower of the Yoga system, [MBh.]; [Śaṃk.]
(in Sāṃkhya) the union of soul with matter (one of the 10 Mūlikārthās or radical facts), [Tattvas.]
(with Pāśupatas) the union of the individual soul with the universal soul, [Kulārṇ.]
(with Pāñcarātras) devotion, pious seeking after God, [Sarvad.]
(with Jainas) contact or mixing with the outer world, [ib.]
(in astron.) conjunction, lucky conjuncture, [Lāṭy.]; [VarBṛS.]; [MBh.] &c.
a constellation, asterism (these, with the moon, are called cāndra-yogāḥ and are 13 in number; without the moon they are called kha-yogāḥ, or nābhasa-yogāḥ), [VarBṛS.]
the leading or principal star of a lunar asterism, [W.]
N. of a variable division of time (during which the joint motion in longitude of the sun and moon amounts to 13 degrees 20 minutes; there are 27 such Yogas beginning with Viṣkambha and ending with Vaidhṛti), [ib.]
(in arithm.) addition, sum, total, [Sūryas.]; [MBh.]
(in gram.) the connection of words together, syntactical dependence of a word, construction, [Nir.]; [Suśr.] (ifc. = dependent on, ruled by, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 8], Vārtt. 1)
a combined or concentrated grammatical rule or aphorism, [Pāṇ.], Sch.; [Siddh.] (cf. yoga-vibhāga)
the connection of a word with its root, original or etymological meaning (as opp. to rūḍhi, q.v.), [Nir.]; [Pratāp.]; [KātyŚr.], Sch.
a violator of confidence, spy, [L.]
N. of a Sch. on the Paramārthasāra