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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchParanormal Powers refers to one of the various signs and paranormal powers (siddhi) experienced by the Yoga practicioner, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise (presented in the form of a dialogue between 莫艣vara and V膩madeva).鈥擳he last fifty-two verses of the Amanaska鈥檚 first chapter describe a temporal sequence of psychosomatic signs and paranormal powers (siddhi) brought about by absorption (laya)
In the Amanaska, The 8 common yogic paranormal powers are:
- the power to be tiny (补峁噄尘腻),
- immense (尘补丑颈尘腻),
- extremely heavy (驳补谤颈尘腻),
- extremely light (濒补驳丑颈尘腻),
- to reach anything in the world (辫谤腻辫迟颈),
- to obtain whatever is desired (辫谤腻办腻尘测补),
- sovereignty over the world (箩补驳补诲墨艣补迟惫补) and
- control over the world (惫补艣颈迟惫补).
This list is the same as that given in P膩ta帽jalayoga艣膩stra 3.45, except for one difference: the Amanaska adds 驳补谤颈尘腻 and omits 测补迟谤补办腻尘腻惫补蝉腻测颈迟惫补 (i.e., the eighth power in P膩ta帽jalayoga艣膩stra's list). Also, the Amanaska, the P膩ta帽jalayoga艣膩stra and some Tantric works differ in their explanations of these powers.
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).
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