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Webster 1913 Edition

Yoga

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Yo′ga

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Noun.
[Skr.
yōga
union.]
A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.

Definition 2024

Yoga

Yoga

See also: yoga and yōga

English

Proper noun

Yoga

  1. (Hinduism) One of the six schools of Hindu philosophy.

Noun

Yoga ‎(uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of yoga

Anagrams

German

Yoga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjoːɡa/

Noun

Yoga n, m ‎(genitive Yogas, no plural)

  1. yoga (a Hindu discipline)

yoga

yoga

See also: Yoga and yōga

English

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Alternative forms

Noun

yoga ‎(countable and uncountable, plural yogas)

  1. Any of several Hindu disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.

Derived terms

Translations

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Asturian

Noun

yoga m ‎(uncountable)

  1. yoga (a Hindu discipline)

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jo.ɡa/

Noun

yoga m ‎(uncountable)

  1. yoga

Italian

Noun

yoga m ‎(plural yoga)

  1. yoga

Japanese

Romanization

yoga

  1. rōmaji reading of ヨガ

Spanish

Noun

yoga m ‎(plural yogas)

  1. yoga

Etymology

From Sanskrit योग ‎(yoga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‎(“to join”) (whence also English yoke).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjoʊɡə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊɡə

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