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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...
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niyama (observances), āsana (postures), prāṇāyāma (breath control),
pratyāhāra (withdrawal of the senses), dhāraṇā (concentration), dhyāna (meditation)...
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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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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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practitioner remains in a
state of
light withdrawal of the 5
senses (
pratyahara) with four
senses internalised, that is, withdrawn, and only
hearing still...
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mentioned in hymn 1.5.23 of the
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, and
pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses) is
mentioned in hymn 8.15 of
Chandogya Upanishad...
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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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niyama (observances),
asana (yoga posture),
pranayama (breath control),
pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses),
dharana (concentration of the mind), dhyana...
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Yajnavalkya Concepts Eight limbs Yama
Niyama Asana Lotus position Pranayama Pratyahara Dhāraṇā
Dhyana Samadhi Kriyā
Mantra Pranava Nada
Surat Shabd Aghor Yoga...
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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...
