History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.35

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²²²⁸ क्लेश is a technical term in the Yogasūtra where it occurs frequently as in I 24, II. 2 and 3, II. 12, IV 28 and 30. Yogasūtra II 3 enumerates the five *kleśas* as अविद्या-अस्मिता-राग-द्वेष-अभिनिवेशाः क्लेशा' । They are so called because they harass man (क्लिश्यन्ति पुरुषम्).