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Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: archive.org: Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali with Bhoja Vritti

Pavanavijaya (पवनविजय) is the name of a work dealing with the Yoga system of Philosophy. It deals with—On the nature of Prāṇāyāma (suppression of breath) and rules how to perform it. By Śiva. Cf. North Western Provinces Catalogue. I., Cf. Hall’s Contributions, Cf. Mitra’s Notices of Sanskrit MSS. L, Cf. Buhler’s Guzarat Catalogue. IV.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pavanavijaya (पवनविजय).—a kind of book dealing with omens relating to breath exhaled and inhaled.

Derivable forms: pavanavijayaḥ (पवनविजयः).

Pavanavijaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pavana and vijaya (विजय).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Pavanavijaya (पवनविजय) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—various tantric treatises. Oxf. 107^b. Hall. p. 13 (in 9 and 12 chapters). L. 485 (9 chapters). K. 232. Kh. 89. B. 4, 2. 154. Ben. 31 (Svarodaya). Bik. 708. Rādh. 17 (Svarodaya). NW. 422. Oudh. Vii, 6. Np. Ix, 60 (Svaraśāstra). Poona. 319. Ii. 301 (Svaraśāstra). Bp. 273. 308 (Svarodaya). Laghupavanavijaya. Poona. 320.

2) Pavanavijaya (पवनविजय):—Peters. 4, 35 (Svaraśāstra). Stein 165 (Svarodaya). 231 (dto).

3) Pavanavijaya (पवनविजय):—[tantric] Ulwar 1836.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pavanavijaya (पवनविजय):—[=pavana-vijaya] [from pavana > pava] m. ‘victory over the w° or breath’, Name of sub voce Tantric works.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pavanavijaya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Pavana, Vijaya.

Starts with: Pavanavijaya svarodaya.

Full-text: Pavanavijaya svarodaya, Svarodaya.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Pavanavijaya, Pavana-vijaya; (plurals include: Pavanavijayas, vijayas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

Chapter CCXXV - The Pavana Vijaya < [Dhanvantari Samhita]

Chapter LXVII - The science of Pavana Vijaya (conquest of breath) < [Agastya Samhita]

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