Pāli Dictionary

yoga

yujrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yuj2yoke; join

Synonyms

vāyāma, saṃyoga, paggaha, āyāma, paggāha, saṃyuga

Antonyms

ayoga

doctrine

  • bond; yoke; attachment (specifically the four bonds that tie beings to the cycle of rebirth: sense desire, existence, views, and ignorance)

  • Dhp 417

    hitvā mānusakaṃ yogaṃ, dibbaṃ yogaṃ upaccagā, sabbayogavisaṃyuttaṃ, tam'ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

  • AN 4.10

    cattāro'me, bhikkhave, yogā. katame cattāro? kāmayogo, bhavayogo, diṭṭhiyogo, avijjāyogo.

general

  • effort; exertion; endeavor; undertaking

  • Dhp 209

    ayoge yuñjam'attānaṃ, yogasmiñ'ca ayojayaṃ, atthaṃ hitvā piyaggāhī, pihet'att'ānuyoginaṃ.

  • SN 56.48

    tasmā't'iha, bhikkhave, idaṃ dukkhan'ti yogo karaṇīyo, ayaṃ dukkhasamudayo'ti yogo karaṇīyo, ayaṃ dukkhanirodho'ti yogo karaṇīyo, ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā'ti yogo karaṇīyo'ti.

  • connection; relation; association; conjunction

  • means; instrument; remedy; drug

  • (as adjective) devoted; attached; making an effort; fit; suitable; proper

  • AN 6.46

    idh'āvuso, dhammayogā bhikkhū jhāyī bhikkhū apasādenti, ime pana jhāyino'mhā, jhāyino'mhā'ti jhāyanti pajjhāyanti nijjhāyanti avajjhāyanti. kim'ime jhāyanti, kint'ime jhāyanti, kathaṃ ime jhāyantī'ti?

  • SN 1.1

    yāvajīvaṃ vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṃ ajjhāvaseyyaṃ muttacāgo payatapāṇi vossaggarato yācayogo dānasaṃvibhāgarato

  • (grammar) syntactic relation; grammatical rule; sutta

meditation

  • meditation; contemplation; concentration; spiritual practice

  • Dhp 282

    yogā ve jāyatī bhūri, ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayo, etaṃ dvedhāpathaṃ ñatvā, bhavāya vibhavāya ca, tath'āttānaṃ niveseyya, yathā bhūri pavaḍḍhati.

  • Thag 19.1

    paññāya chetvā vipath'ānusārinaṃ, yogena niggayha pathe nivesiya, disvā samudayaṃ vibhavañ'ca sambhavaṃ, dāy'ādako hehisi aggavādino.

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