The Lord of Death, the ruler of the nether world. Riding a buffalo, his vehicle, a visit from Yama means the time of death for a person has come. Also refers to the first limb of Yoga, used along with the second limb, niyama, to codify the ‘do’s and donts’ of Yoga.
Literally diamond posture. One of the dynamic yogic postures, through which the practitioner imbibes the hardness and the brilliance of a diamond.
Literally the deity of the Forest. Name of the feminine deity in the form of a tree at the Dhyanalinga temple.
Tendencies or desire; subliminal trait left behind in the mind by action and desire.
A place above Gomukh, on the banks of Gangotri, the glaciatic origin of the river Ganga.