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    pūrva

    Devanāgarī: पूर्व Translation: eastward, to the east of; in front, before; former, prior, preceding, previous to, earlier than Similar words:pūrvatāna Opposite words:uttara Related concepts:antar, aṅga, pradhāna, uttara, aṣṭāṅga

    Appears in

    Yoga Sūtra:

    Chapter 1: 18 , 20 , 26
    Chapter 2: 34
    Chapter 3: 7 , 18

    Sāṃkhya Kārikā:

    5 , 40 , 51 , 30

    Gītārtha Saṃgraha:

    4 , 2

    Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā:

    Chapter 1: 17


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    Commentaries around

    Question:
    What is the most important aspect of Pūrva Aṅga?
    Response:
    “Pūrva Aṅga is essentially a process of elimination
    in which we eliminate those thoughts that are not relevant.
    In fact Yoga is the process of eliminating the undesirable
    so we can be linked with the desirable.
    It is the movement from Saṃyoga to Viyoga,
    from Saguṇa to Nirguṇa.
    But we must be careful how we define desirable or undesirable.”
    – TKV Desikachar Madras December 19th 1988

    “Often Dhyāna fails because one is not able to reach the first stage,
    the Pūrva Aṅga.
    Often one wants to go to the second stage
    without going through the first one,
    and that is not possible.”
    – TKV Desikachar Madras December 19th 1988

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