| Jagrata
Avastha |
The complete awareness of the state of
the mind. |
| Jalandhara
Bandha |
Jalandhara is
a posture where the neck and throat are
contracted and the chin is rested in
the
notch between the collar bones at the top of the breast bone. |
| Jamuna |
A
tributary of the Ganges. |
| Janu |
The
knee. |
| Japa |
A
repetitive prayer. |
| Jatara
Parivartana |
An Asana, in which the abdomen
is made to move to and fro. |
| Jathara |
The abdomen, stomach. |
| Jaya |
Conquest,
victory. It also means control, mastery. |
| Jiva |
A
living being, a creature. |
| Jivana |
Life. |
| Jivana
Mukta |
A person who is emancipated during his lifetime by true
knowledge of the Supreme Spirit. |
| Jivana
Mukti |
The emancipated state. |
| Jivatma |
The individual or personal soul. |
| Jnana |
Sacred
knowledge derived from meditation on the higher truths of religion
and philosophy, which teaches a man how to understand his own
nature. |
| Jnana
Marga |
The path of knowledge by which man finds realization. |
| Jnana
Mudra |
The
gesture of the hand where the tip of the index finger is brought in
contact with the tip of the thumb, while the remaining three fingers
are kept extended. The gesture is a symbol of knowledge (Jnana). The
index finger is the symbol of the individual soul, the thumb
signifies the Supreme Universal Soul, and the union of these two
symbolizes true knowledge. |
| Jnanendriya |
Hearing, touch, sight, taste and
smell. |
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