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    śabda

    Devanāgarī: शब्द Translation: words, sound, language Similar words:śrotra Related concepts:tanmātra, rūpa, sparśa, rasa, gandha, śabdānuśāsana, śabdādi, āpta, vacana

    Appears in

    Yoga Sūtra:

    Chapter 1: 9 , 42
    Chapter 3: 17

    Sāṃkhya Kārikā:

    34 , 51

    Bhagavad Gītā:

    Chapter 7: 8


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    Commentaries around

    “The first type of Pramāṇa, Pratyakṣa, arises from the continuous active link,
    through the mind and senses, between Jīva and the object it perceives.
    The second type, Anumāna, is when present perception is
    based on what has been seen in other situations in the past.
    For instance, when I see dark clouds, I think that it may rain.
    With the third type, Āgamā, undistorted words from
    a reliable source are the basis for perception.
    The Veda are Pramāṇa by virtue of their source.
    The sage Āpastamba proclaimed that the Veda are Pramāṇa for Dharma.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 7

    “Vikalpa is a particular kind of Citta Vṛtti in which understanding
    arises from the spoken word. Is this kind of understanding valid or not?
    Patañjali, in the definitive Mahābhāṣya commentary on Saṃskṛta grammar,
    states that the essence of the spoken word is not separate from the fact
    or object it refers to. Objects themselves cannot express their various aspects;
    only Śabda can present them to us. Śabda can convey nuances
    of meaning that only a special faculty of the mind can grasp.
    Such an ability to comprehend is not given to everyone.
    The essence of this Sūtra is that Vikalpa is the mental activity by
    which what is spoken is understood to mean what it represents,
    even when the actual thing is not present.
    Thus when we hear the word Sarpa we know it means snake
    even though there is no snake present at the moment.”
    – T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 9

    “Imagination is knowledge
    that comes from words
    empty of substance.”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 9

    “In Sūtra 1.9 Patañjali defines Vikalpa as an
    understanding arising from the spoken word.
    How do we discern whether Vikalpa is actually what arises
    from the spoken word from what was said to us, or what
    arises from the spoken word in how what was said is heard?
    In other words how to discern if there is any difference
    between what is said to us and what we imagine we hear?”
    – Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 9

    “Krishnamacharya’s understanding of Cikitsā
    or Yoga therapy and the arrangement and
    sequencing
    of postures, along with modifying
    the posture and using different breathing
    patterns, plus the use of sound and different
    Bhāvana or mental foci was profound.
    This allowed for many possibilities to be
    offered, for a great number of students
    with problems, from a range of relatively
    few postures and breathing techniques.”
    – TKV Desikachar Madras 1996

    “Sound is something that takes you in the direction of its origin.”
    – TKV Desikachar speaking with his senior Western students London 1998

    Links to Related Posts:

    • T Krishnamacharya Yoga Sūtra Study Quotes Collected and Collated
    • TKV Desikachar Yoga Sūtra Study Quotes Collected and Collated
    • Paul’s Yoga Mālā – A Thread of Pearls from Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra
    • Paul’s Yoga Sūtra Study Keywords – Collected & Collated into Chapters
    • Paul’s Yoga Sūtra Study Questions – Collected & Collated into Chapters
    • Sound – A Means Beyond Āsana and Prāṇāyāma……

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