ALL ABOUT YOGA FROM 'R'

Raaga (राग) - desire / attachment / pleasure

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Raajaa (राजा) - king

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Raaja yoga (राज योग) - the supreme yoga / yoga of liberation / yoga for the union of the individual consciousness with the supreme consciousness  

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Rajas / Rajo Guna (रजस / रजो गुण) - vibrancy / one of the three qualities of nature

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Raajasic (राजसिक) - belonging to the quality of rajas

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Rakta (रक्त) - blood / one of the seven constituents of the body

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Rakta bindu (रक्त बिंदु) - shakti bindu / red bindu / referring to the ovum

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Raamakrishna paramhamsa (रामकृष्ण परमहंस) - a great sage of 19th century, guru of Swami Vivekaananda and a realised soul

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Raamana maaharshi (रामण महर्षि) - 20th century saint of arunaachal

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Raamaanujaacharya (रामानुजाचार्य) - sri vaishnava teacher of 12th century, exponent of vashishta advaita the qualified monism

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Rasa (रस) - taste / flavour / chyle / one of the seven constituents of the body

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Rasaatala (रसातल) - one of the seven lokas under earth

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Rasaatmaka jnaana (रसात्मक ज्ञान) - essence of true knowledge

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Ratna (रत्न) - gem / something precious

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Ratnaakara (रत्नाकर) - previous name of sage Vaalmiki

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Ratna purita dhaatu ( रत्न पूरित धातु) - the jewel of the blood

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Rechaka (रेचक) - exhalation / emptying of the lungs

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Roga (रोग) - disease / malady / ailment

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Rogi (रोगी) - diseased person

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Rshabha (ऋषभ) - Jada Bhaarata’s father, king of Bhaarat

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Rshi (ऋषि) - saint / seer

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Rtam (ऋतं) - ultimate / unchanging truth

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Rtambharaa (ऋतम्भरा) - full of truth / full of intellectual essence

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Rtambharaa prajnaa (ऋतम्भरा प्रज्ञा) - truth bearing wisdom

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Rudhaah (रूधाः) - having ascended / established

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Rudra (रूद्र) - name for Lord Shiva in the Vedas

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Rupa (रूप) - form / outward appearance / beauty

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Ruta (रुत)) - sound

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