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Pratyahara (Sanskrit: प्रत्याहार, romanized:
Pratyāhāra) or the 'gathering towards' is the
fifth element among the
Eight stages of Patanjali's Ashtanga...
- (abstinences),
niyama (observances),
asana (posture),
pranayama (breathing),
pratyahara (withdrawal),
dharana (concentration),
dhyana (meditation) and samadhi...
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technically akṣara·samāmnāya,
variously called māheśvarāṇi sūtrāṇi,
pratyāhāra·sūtrāṇi, varṇa·samāmnāya, etc.,
refer to a set of
fourteen aphorisms devised...
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century Vivekamārtaṇḍa (verses 103–131) as a
means of
yogic withdrawal,
pratyahara. The pose was
practised from the 17th
century onwards in
hatha yoga under...
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Mehta 1990, p. 122. Westoby, Ruth (October 2019). "The Viveka-mārtaṇḍa on
pratyāhāra in viparītakaraṇī with
James Mallinson". SOAS,
University of London. Retrieved...
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practical methods that aim at
experiencing the 5th
stage –
Pratyahara.
Although many
Pratyahara techniques start at a basic,
gross level of awareness, when...
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breath control (prāṇāyama). The fifth,
withdrawal from the
senses (
pratyāhāra),
transitions into the "inner limbs" that are one-pointedness of mind...
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aksharas are
classified mainly into two types:
Svara (
pratyahara ach):
Vowel Vyanjana (
pratyahara hal):
Consonant Svara aksharas are also
known as prana...
- "holding steady", "concentration", or "single focus". The
prior limb
Pratyahara involves withdrawing the
senses from
external phenomena. Dhāraṇā builds...
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practitioner remains in a
state of
light withdrawal of the 5
senses (
pratyahara) with four
senses internalised, that is, withdrawn, and only
hearing still...
