[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.505 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.505 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.505 - **Language:** English ### [c6.505](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.505) \*aṣṭāṅga\* (CITD), the eight constituents of yoga consisting of (1) \*niyama\* (restraint of the mind), (2) \*āsana\* (a particular posture or mode of sitting), (3) \*prāṇāyāma\* (restraining or suspending the breath during the mental recitation of the names or attributes of a deity), (4) yama (self-control), (5) pratyāhāra (restraining the organs), (6) dhāraṇa (the faculty of retaining in the mind, steady abstraction of mind), (7) dhyāna (abstract contemplation, religious meditation), and (8) samādhi (perfect absorption of thought in the one object of meditation, i.e. the Supreme Spirit); mentioned in connection with obeisance, it means the 8 parts of the body, viz., the two hands, chest, forehead, two knees and two feet (cf. aṣṭāṅga-namaskāra). - [Previous: c6.504](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.504) - [Next: c6.506](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.506) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.505](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.505) · Pramāṇa