Yoga Definition

yōgə

noun

A mystic and ascetic Hindu discipline by which one seeks to achieve liberation of the self and union with the supreme spirit or universal soul through intense concentration, deep meditation, and practices involving prescribed postures, controlled breathing, etc.

Webster's New World

A system of exercising involving the postures, breathing, etc. practiced in this discipline.

Webster's New World

Alternative capitalization of yoga.

Wiktionary

pronoun

(Hinduism) One of the six schools of Hindu philosophy.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Yoga

Noun

Singular:

yoga

Plural:

yogas

Origin of Yoga

From Sanskrit योग (yoga, “yoking, union"), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join") (whence also English yoke).

From Wiktionary
Hindi from Sanskrit yogaḥ union, joining yeug- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition