Hatha yoga

noun

A form of yoga that focuses on control of the body.

OriginSanskrit हठ →
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Meanings

nounHatha yoga (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA form of yoga that focuses on control of the body.

    All contemporary practioners of Hatha yoga, Tai Chi Chuan, Shiatsu, or acupunture are familiar with this subtle body that the ancient Egyptians called the Ba.

    1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 220
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    There are, of course, many practices in the various branches of Yoga (especially Hatha Yoga) that are distasteful to the intelligent mind and which would only be attempted by the credulous.

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 195

Origin

  1. Sanskritहठ“force”
  2. EnglishHatha yoga

From Sanskrit हठ (haṭha, “force”).

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Translations

Arabic هاتا يوغا
  • هاتا يوغا (hātā yūgā)form of yoga
Bengali হঠযোগ
  • হঠযোগ (hoṭhojōg)form of yoga
Chinese Mandarin 訶陀瑜伽 /诃陀瑜伽
  • 訶陀瑜伽 /诃陀瑜伽 (hētuó yújiā)form of yoga
Finnish hathajooga
  • hathajoogaform of yoga
French hatha yoga
  • hatha yogaform of yoga
Hindi हठयोग
  • हठयोग (haṭhyog)form of yoga
Japanese ハタヨガ
  • ハタヨガform of yoga
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