For Ashtanga we have terms and definitions in 3 topics. The topics are Classic Yoga, Sanskrit and Yoga.

Ashtanga (Classic Yoga)

"eight limbs" (ash + anga ) meaning the eight parts or stages into which the sage Patanjali divided Yoga when he traveled throughout India about 200 B.C.E., studying everything that he could find that went by the name of Yoga. He then wrote a treatise presenting a structural and functional analysis of the techniques he had studied. This treatise is called the " Yoga Sutras," which remains to this day the single most revered work on yoga, and the definitive treatise on raja yoga.

Ashtanga (Sanskrit)

Eight limbs. See page on the 8 limbs of Ashtanga Yoga.

Ashtanga (Yoga)

The eight parts or stages into which the sage Patanjali divided Yoga. He wrote a structural and functional analysis of the techniques, called the "Yoga Sutras" which to this day are still considered to be the single most definitive treatise on the subject.

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