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:avasthānaAppears in
Yoga Sūtra:Chapter 3: 13
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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