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yoga (yō′gə)

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a system of exercising involving the postures, breathing, etc. practiced in this discipline

Etymology: Sans, union, lit., a yoking: for IE base see yoke

Related Forms:

  • yogic yo′·gic (-gik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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