Kaushthya, 碍补耻峁ａ弓丑测补: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 碍补耻峁ａ弓丑测补 can be transliterated into English as Kausthya or Kaushthya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch碍补耻峁ａ弓丑测补 (啶曕啶粪啶犩啶�) refers to the 鈥渁bdominal (breath)鈥�, according to the P膩ta帽jalayoga艣膩stra (i.e., the Yoga S奴tras of Pata帽jali) 1.34.鈥擜ccordingly, while discussing Pr膩峁嚹亂膩ma and Sam膩dhi: 鈥淥r [stability of mind is attained] through exhalation and retention of the breath鈥�.鈥擺Commentary]鈥斺�淓xhalation is the emission of the abdominal breath (办补耻峁ａ弓丑测补鈥�办补耻峁ａ弓丑测补sya v膩yo岣�) through the nostrils with particular care, and retention is stopping the breath. Through both [of these], one should accomplish stability of mind鈥�.
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 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍补耻峁ａ弓丑测补 (啶曕啶粪啶犩啶�).鈥攊. e. ko峁ａ弓ha + ya, adj. Being in the stomach, [Y膩j帽avalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 95.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 碍补耻峁ａ弓丑测补 (啶曕啶粪啶犩啶�):鈥擺from 办补耻峁ａ弓丑补] mfn. being in the abdomen, [Y膩j帽avalkya iii, 95]
2) [v.s. ...] extremely rich (?), [Taittir墨ya-膩ra峁噛aka vi, 5, 2.]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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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Full-text: Kaushtha, Abdominal breath.
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