Glossary

• Patañjali (Patañjali) –Sage ‘Patañjali’ is to Yoga what Sage Vedavyāsa is to Vedas. Sage ‘Patañjali’ collected the knowledge about Yoga prevalent at his time.
• Darshana or Darśana à ‘दृश्यते अनेन इति दर्शनम्’ ।

‘Dṛśyate anena iti Darśanam’. That, by which we see / know (the essential nature of things) is Darśana. Though the word ‘Darśana’ is translated as Philosophy, but it is not correct, yet it serves the purpose of translation.

• Patañjali’s Yogadarshana (Patañjali’s Yogadarśana or Pātañjalayogadarśana Patanjala Yoga Darshana, Shri-Patanjala-Yoga-Darshana) – The Yogadarśana propounded by Sage Patañjali. Sage ‘Patañjali’ collected the knowledge about Yoga prevalent at his time and compiled it in the text ‘Yogadarśana’, which is basically an Art and Science of Living a harmonious life to realize the highest goal of life i.e. Liberation. An Orthodox Indian Philosophy, Yoga Philosophy of Patañjali,
• Yoga-Sūtras of Patañjali (Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali, Pātañjala-Yoga-Sūtras) –
• Yoga Aphorisms of Patañjali, Aphorisms of Yoga, Codified Yoga Aphorisms, Shripatanjalayogadarshana, Yoga-Darshana of Patañjali, ShripatanjalaYoga-Sūtras, Patañjali’s Yoga-Sūtras, Sanskrit text of Yoga, Authentic source book of Yoga Philosophy
• The Aphorisms of the Yoga Philosophy of Patañjali,
• Yoga-shastra (Yogaśāstra) - Patañjali’s Yoga Philosophy
• Yogic Science - Science of Yoga, Traditional Knowledge of Yoga,
• Aṣṭāṅga Yoga (Aṣṭāṅga Yoga) – One of the methods of quietening the mind propounded by Sage Patañjali, given in the Yogadarśana.
• Some other terms to express Yoga and Yogadarshana (Yoga Darshana) - Yoga Meditation, Light on Yoga, Indian Psychology, Raja Yoga, The Philosophy of Classical Yoga, Philosophy and Psychology of Mind, Inquiry, research, analysis, investigation, deep understanding of Yoga-Sūtras, Theory of Yoga-abhyasa, Theory of Yoga Asanas / Prāṇāyāma, Discourses on Yoga, Art of Yoga, Practice of Yoga, Tradition of Yoga, History of Yoga, Four Chapters of Yoga, Insight of Yoga, Schools of yoga, the Orthodox Indian Philosophy / Hindu Philosophy of India, Scientific document of Yoga, Insights into Yoga, the Bhakti traditions and Vedic Yogic traditions of India, Philosophical roots of Yoga, cultures and traditions of Yoga in India, The Deeper Dimension of Yoga - Theory and Practice, The Origins of Modern Posture Practice Theory of Yoga, Yoga Theory, the Original literature/text of Yoga Philosophy.