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Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in West, Central, South Asia and North Africa. Raja ( / ˈrɑːdʒɑː /; from Sanskrit: राजन्, IAST rājan-) is a royal Sanskrit title that was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The title was used by Indian sovereign monarchs, vassal rulers and highest ...
Rajas ( Sanskrit: रजस्) is one of the three guṇas (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. [1] [2] The other two qualities are sattva (goodness, balance) and tamas (lethargy, violence, disorder). Rajas is innate tendency or quality that drives ...
Sattva ( Sanskrit: सत्त्व, meaning goodness) is one of the three guṇas or "modes of existence" (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept understood by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. [1] [2] The other two qualities are rajas (passion and activity) and tamas (destruction, chaos).
Guṇa ( Sanskrit: गुण) is a concept in Hinduism, which can be translated as "quality, peculiarity, attribute, property". [1] [2] The concept is originally notable as a feature of Samkhya philosophy. [3] The guṇas are now a key concept in nearly all schools of Hindu philosophy. [4] There are three guṇas ( triguṇa ), according to ...
Tamas ( Sanskrit: तमस् tamas, lit. 'darkness') is one of the three guṇas (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. [ 1] The other two qualities are rajas (passion and activity) and sattva (purity, goodness). Tamas is the quality of inertia ...
Yogatattva Upanishad 28–29 The Hatha Yoga, to which Yogatattva Upanishad dedicates most of its verses, is discussed with eight interdependent practices: ten yamas (self-restraints), ten niyamas (self-observances), asana (postures), pranayama (control of breath), pratyahara (conquering the senses), dharana (concentration), dhyana, and samadhi that is the state of meditative consciousness. The ...
Rajadharma (Sanskrit: राजधर्म, romanized: rājadharma) is the Sanskrit term for the duty of the king or emperor. The concept of the rajadharma is extensively discussed in the genre of Hindu literature called the Dharmashastras.
Eka Pada Rajakapotasana I. Eka Pada Rajakapotasana ( Sanskrit: एक पाद राजकपोतासन; IAST: Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana ), Rajakapotasana, or [One-legged] King Pigeon Pose [1] is a seated back-bending asana in modern yoga as exercise. The Yin Yoga form of the asana is named Swan Pose, while the Aerial yoga variant ...