Know the following glossary items for the quiz Monday, 2 May. Know also the supplementary glossary available as a pdf file.

abhyasa, "practice"

advaita, "non-dual"

ahimsa. "non-injury"

ajna cakra, "occult center of consciousness putatively located in the middle of the forehead"

ananda, "bliss"

anga, "limb"

asamprajnata-(samadhi), "mystic trance without prop"

asana, "posture"

astanga yoga, "eight-limbed yoga"

atman, "self," "cosmic consciousness"

bhakti, "love and devotion"

bhoga, "enjoyment"

brahmacarya, "sexual restraint"

Brahman,  "Absolute"

buddhi,  "rational intelligence," "mind"

citta, "mind-stuff," "thought and emotion"

citta-vrtti, "fluctuation of citta"

darsana, "world view," "philosophy"

dharana, "concentration"

dharma, "right practice"

dhyana, "meditation"

ekagrata, "one-pointedness"

hatha-yoga, "violent yoga,"  "yoga emphasizing  asana"

hrdaya, "heart"

jnana, "knowledge," "cognition"

kaivalya, "aloneness"

kama, "desire," "sexual desire"

karma, "action," "habit"

moksa, "liberation," "enlightenment"

muladhara cakra, "center of consciousness putatively located at the base of the spine"

niyama, "personal restraints"

paramatman, "supreme self"

prana, "breath," "life," "life-stuff"

pranayama, "breath-control"

purusa, "individual conscious being," "person"

purusartha, "goal or value of the person"

rasa, "taste," "aesthetic experience"

satchidananda, "Existence-Consciousness-Bliss" (a Vedantic epithet for Brahman)

satya, "truth-telling"

siddhi, "psychic power," "extranormal capacity"

Siva, "Shiva," the "Great God" (Mahadeva)

suksma sarira, "subtle body"

vidya, "spiritual  knowledge"

Visnu, "Vishnu" (who is said to have Krishna, e.g., as an avatar)

Vyasa, "the first commentator on the Yogasutra whose writing is extant"

yama, "ethical restraint"

Yama,  "God of Death," "Death"

yogin, "yoga-practitioner" (male)

yogini, "yoga-practitioner" (female)