Sanskrit
यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि
Transliteration (IAST)
yama-niyamāsana-prāṇāyāma-pratyāhāra-dhāraṇā-dhyāna-samādhayo 'ṣṭāv aṅgāni
Word by word
- yama
- restraints
- niyama
- observances
- āsana
- posture
- prāṇāyāma
- regulation of breath
- pratyāhāra
- withdrawal of the senses
- dhāraṇā
- concentration
- dhyāna
- meditation
- samādhayaḥ
- absorption
- aṣṭau aṅgāni
- the eight limbs
Translation
Restraints, observances, posture, breath-regulation, sense-withdrawal, concentration, meditation, and absorption are the eight limbs.
Source: Surenyogalaya Open Translation (English) · License: CC0-1.0