Layayoga, Laya-yoga: 10 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
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1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
3. Nepali
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Introduction:

Layayoga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Layayoga (लययोग) refers to the “yoga of absorption”, according to the Brahmayāmala-tantra (or Picumata), an early 7th century Śaiva text consisting of twelve-thousand verses.—Later chapters of the text introduce Yogic practices and emphases seemingly unanticipated in the core fifty-odd chapters. These include systems of meditation focused on a series of inner voids and resonances, a yoga system based on internalization of visionary encounters with the goddesses (yoginīmelaka), yogic practices for cheating death (a system which, in contrast to the core chapters, attests the bodily kuṇḍalinī), and a kind of “yoga of absorption” (layayoga) based on the granthis of the principal padmamālā.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: archive.org: Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali with Bhoja Vritti

Layayoga (लययोग) is the name of a work dealing with the Yoga system of Philosophy. It deals with—Yoga emancipation. Cf. Buhler’s Guzarat Catalogue. IV.

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Layayoga (लययोग) is a name of the first chapter of the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with topics as absorption (laya), yogic powers (siddhi) and liberation, presented in the form of a dialogue between Īśvara and Vāmadeva.—Just as the manuscript colophons as a whole provide an array of titles for the text, they also provide an array of titles for both chapters. In general, it appears that the first chapter was called Rājayoga in north-India and Layayoga in Nepal, and the second chapter, Svayambodha in north-Indian and Svāvabodha or Tattvajñānanirūpaṇa in Nepal.

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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 āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: nathi.ru: The Amanaska Yoga

Laya Yoga has been broadly defined in a secondary source as ‘any of various Tantric meditation approachjes that seek to dissolve the conditional mind, often through such means as breath control and various seals (mudrā) of haṭha yoga’.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Layayoga (लययोग) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—yoga. B. 4, 6.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Layayoga (लययोग):—[=laya-yoga] [from laya > lī] m. Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Layayoga in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Layayōga (ಲಯಯೋಗ):—[noun] the fact of the physical and mental faculties becoming one as to result in complete absorption.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Layayoga (लययोग):—n. yoga of absorption of sound-current;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Search found 17 books and stories containing Layayoga, Laya-yoga, Laya-yōga, Layayōga; (plurals include: Layayogas, yogas, yōgas, Layayōgas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

3.1. Layayoga according to the Yoga-Upanisads < [Chapter 7 - Hatha, Laya, and Mantra Yoga in the Yogopanisads]

2.1. The Nature of Laya-Yoga < [Chapter 6 - Hatha Yoga and other types of Yoga]

Conclusion

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3. The Classifications of Yoga < [Chapter 4 - The contents of the Yogopaniṣads]

2. Yoga in the Yogopaniṣads < [Chapter 4 - The contents of the Yogopaniṣads]

4. The Yogopaniṣads (Introduction) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]

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Paths of yoga for different saadhaka < [2016, Issue IV April]

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Description of Layayoga < [Chapter 2 - Origin and Development of Yoga Philosophy]

Yoga Upanishads < [Chapter 2 - Origin and Development of Yoga Philosophy]