ALL ABOUT YOGA FROM 'J'
Jaatyantara parinaama (जात्यंतर परिणाम)- transformation in the state of birth
Jaagrata (जाग्रत)- wakefulness / conscious
Jaagrataavastha (जाग्रतावस्था)- wakeful state
Jada (जड़)- cold / slow / dull / foolish / unemotional
Jada bhaarat (जड़ भारत)- name of a sage
Jada chitta (जड़ चित्त)- unintelligent or dull state of consciousness
Jah (जः)- born
Jala (जल)- water
Jala neti (जल नेती )- nasal cleansing shatkarma
Jalandhara bandha (जालंधर बंध)- throat lock
Janma (जन्म)- birth / existence / life
Japa (जप)- continuous repetition of a mantra
Jaya (जय)- conquest / mastery
Jaayante (जायन्ते)- produced
Jayavantiyaambikaa (जयवंतियाम्बिका)- Jada Bharata’s mother
Jihva (जिह्वा)- tongue
Jihva Dhauti (जिह्वा धौति)- tongue cleansing shatkarma
Jihvaagra (जिह्वाग्र)- root of the tongue
Jijnaasaa / jigyaasaa (जिज्ञासा)- to know / to enquire
Jiva (जीव)- individual soul
Jivaamrita (जीवामृत)- nectar of life
Jivaatmaa (जीवात्मा)- the living or individual soul enshrined in the human body, the vital principle, life principle that renders the body capable of motion and sensation
Jivan Mukta (जीवन मुक्त)- liberated soul / one who has attained samadhi
Jivan mukti (जीवन मुक्ति)- state of consciousness during final samadhi, one who continues to live in the world with knowledge of that experience
Jnaana / gyaana (ज्ञान)- knowledge / wisdom
Jnaana gangaa (ज्ञान गंगा)- river of knowledge
Jnaanamaarga (ज्ञानमार्ग)- path of knowledge
Jnaana Mudra (ज्ञान मुद्रा)- psychic gesture of knowledge
Jnaana Yoga (ज्ञान योग)- yoga of knowledge
Jnaanendriyaa (ज्ञानेन्द्रियाँ)- sense of perception
Jnaaneshvara (ज्ञानेश्वर)- 13th century saint of Maharashtra
Jnaani / gyaani (ग्यानी)- wise person
Jnaataa / gyaataa (ज्ञाता)- known / perceived / understood
Jneyam (ज्ञेयं)- the state of being cognizable
Jugupsaa (जुगुप्सा)- disgust / censure / abuse / reproach
Jvalanam (ज्वलनं)- shining / blazing / burning
Jyoti (ज्योति)- light
Jyotishi (ज्योतिषी)- astrologer
Jyotishmati (ज्योतिष्मति)- luminous / brilliant