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    avasthā

    Devanāgarī: अवस्था Translation: state; to abide in a state or condition; to be found, exist, be present; to take one's stand, remain standing; Similar words:avasthāna

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    Yoga Sūtra:

    Chapter 3: 13

    Sāṃkhya Kārikā:

    65


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    Commentaries around

    “How can we distinguish
    the actual state of Dhyāna
    from infatuation with an object
    that pleases and fills the mind?”
    – TKV Desikachar on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Three verse 2

    “Yoga is that which enables us
    to sustain what is required and
    reduce that which is not required.”
    (Here Yoga is Avasthā)
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Three verse 13

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