[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c94.35 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.35 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.35 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c94.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.35) 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). - [Previous: v7.c94.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.34) - [Next: v7.c94.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.36) - [Up: v7.c94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94) ## Cites (1) - [Yogasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.yoga.yogasutra.1.24) — Patañjali (author of the Yogasūtra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.35) · Pramāṇa