| Abhava | negation,absence |
| Adharma | Unsociable conduct |
| Ajiva | non-eternal substance |
| Amhisa | Non-violence |
| Anandamaya kosha | Bliss sheath |
| Annamaya kosha | Physical sheath |
| Anumana | Knowledge derived by logical inference. |
| Anupalabdhi | Non-perception |
| Aparatva | Distant, inferior |
| Arsha period | pre-Vedic period |
| Artha | Money |
| Arthapati | Knowledge derived by an inference used to account for an apparent inconsistency |
| Arya | people living on the banks of Sindhu river |
| Asana | Posture |
| Ashtang yoga | Eight limbs of yoga |
| Asteya | Freedom from hoarding |
| Avidya | Ignorance |
| Bandha | Bondage to karma |
| Basti | Cleansing procedure of colon |
| Bhakti yoga | Devotion, worship |
| Brahmacharya | Celibacy |
| Brahman | Ultimate truth, God |
| Buddha | Enlightened one |
| Buddhi | Intelligence |
| Dharana | Concentration for meditation |
| Dharma | Social conduct |
| Dhouti | Cleansing the upper digestive tract with water or air |
| Dhyana | Meditation for concentration |
| Dravatva | Fluidity |
| Dravyaguna | Science related with substance its quality and action |
| Dukha | Pain, unhappiness, disease |
| Dwesha | Hatred |
| Gandha | Smell |
| Gurutva | Heaviness |
| Hatha yoga | Yoga practices for balancing Sun and Moon principles in body |
| Ichha | Will |
| Ishvara-pranidhana | Devotion to God |
| Janma | Birth, |
| Jara Marana | Old age, death |
| Jiva | Soul of the individual, eternal thing |
| Jnyana yoga | Right reasoning and inquiry |
| Kama | Sensual pleasure |
| Kapalabhati | Type of pranayama for clearing the upper respiratory tract |
| Karma | Result of the past action |
| Karma yoga | Selfless action, work |
| Kayachikitsa | Inernal medicine |
| Kevala jnyana | True nature of omniscience |
| Kundalini yoga | to gain control over kundalini |
| Kundalini | dormant power at the base of the spine according to science of yogaLokayata- restricted to the world of common man. |
| Manomaya kosha | Mental sheath |
| Meemamsa | philosophy of logic |
| Moksha | Self realization |
| Naikantavada | Law of uncertainty or all probabilities |
| Nama Rupa | Mind \Body |
| Nauli | Isolation of the rectus abdominus muscle to purify the region of samana Vata |
| Neti | Cleansing the nasal passages with water or a waxed string |
| Nirjara | Falling off karma |
| Nirvana | Pure state of existence |
| Niyama | Five physical rules |
| Nyaya | philosophy by Gautama |
| Papa | Sin, bad deed |
| Paratva | Near, better |
| Parimana | Measure |
| Pradnya | Right knowledge |
| Prakriti | Principle of material energy, constitution |
| Pramana | proof |
| Pranayama | Pause in inspiration and expiration, breathing practices |
| Pratyahara | controllingthe sense organs |
| Pratyaksha | Knowledge cognizable by sense organs and the mind |
| Pruthaktva | Different |
| Punya | Good deed |
| Purusha | Cosmic consciousness |
| Raj yoga | Controlling mind |
| Rasa | Taste |
| Rasa shatra | Science related with mercury and metals |
| Rupa | Size and colour |
| Samadhi | Right concentration |
| Samanya | similarity, that increases |
| Samavaya | inseparable relation |
| Samhita | compendia, text book |
| Samskara | To impart good qualities |
| Samvara | Restriction to karma |
| Samyoga | To unite, bring together |
| Sanatana dharma | Religion in Vedas |
| Sankhya | To count, philosophy by kapila |
| Sanskara | Past, impressions |
| Santosha | Contentment |
| Satya | Truth |
| Satya buddhi | Ultimate knowledge, truth |
| Saucha | Purity |
| Shabda | Sound, Knowledge conveyed by the words of an impartial authority |
| Shadayatana | Six organs of cognition |
| Shalakya | probe |
| Shalya | Foreign body |
| Shalyashalakya tantra | Branch dealing with surgery and disease above clavicle |
| Shila | Right conduct |
| Siddha | Medical system prevalent in south India |
| Sneha | Love, oiliness |
| Sparsha | Contact of senses with their objects |
| Sparsha | Touch |
| Sukha | Happiness, health |
| Svabhava | Nature |
| Svadhyaya | Self-observation through study of scripture |
| Tapas | Self discipline |
| Tirthankara | path finders in Jain |
| Tratak | fixing the gaze to purify the eyes and lacteal ducts |
| Trushna | Thirst for enjoyment |
| Unani | Healing science from Arabic |
| Upadana | Mental attachment |
| Upmana | Knowledge derived by analogy |
| Vaisheshika | philosophy by kanada |
| Vedana | Previous experience of pain |
| Vedanta | philosophy described in Vedas |
| Vibhaga | To separate |
| Vidya | knowledge |
| Vignyana | Knowledge |
| Vijnyana | Initial consciousness |
| Vijnyanamaya kosha | Intelligence sheath |
| Vishesha | dissimilarity, that decreases |
| Yajnya | offering to Agni, fire |
| Yama | Five mental restraints |
| Yoga | To unite with Higher Soul |
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