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yagna
‘Sacrificial worship’. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the demigods. Oblations – ghee, grains, wood, spices, etc. – are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural injunctions amid the chanting of definite mantras – all prescribed in the Samhitã and Brãhman portion of the Vedas, and propounded by the system of Purva Mimãnsã.
Yãgnavalkya Smruti
One of the principal ancient Smruti scriptures, second in authority only to the earlier Manu Smruti. Ascribed to Yãgnavalkya Rishi. One of the eight scriptures accepted as authoritative by Bhagwãn Swãminãrãyan.
yam
‘Restraint’, derived from verb-root ‘yam’ – to restrain. First of the eight steps of ashtãng-yoga, entailing virtuous and moral living for purity of mind and unobstructed concentration.
Yampuri
‘City of Yam’ – the god of death. Narak. Where non-believers and sinners are consigned to after death to suffer for their wrongdoings. After suffering for their wrongdoings, these souls continue to migrate through the cycle of births and deaths.
Yoga
‘Union’ derived from verb-root ‘yuj’ – to yoke or join. School of philosophy focusing on quieting the fluctuations of the mind through various physical and mental practices and ultimately aiming at the transcendental experience of union with God.
yojan
Measure of distance equaling four gãus, i.e., approximately 6-7 km (3 3/4-4 1/2 miles).
yug
‘Age’. Division of time used to outline the time-scale of the world. There are four progressive ages that chart this time-scale: Satya-yug (Age of Goodness), Tretã-yug (Age of Three), Dwãpar-yug (Third Age), and finally, the present age, Kali-yug (Age of Darkness). The dharmas of the yugs exist externally as well as internally in the heart {Gadhada-I; Sarangpur-9}.
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