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yojana

&c. See pp. 858, cols. 1, 2.

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.]

a finger, [L.]

yójana nf (A). use, application, arrangement, preparation, [RV.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.]; [Sāh.]

erecting, constructing, building, [Rājat.]; [Kathās.]

junction, union, combination, [Sāh.]; [Vedāntas.]