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n., pl. -gis.

One who practices yoga.

[Hindi yogī, from Sanskrit, from yogaḥ, union. See yoga.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight


 
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A sculpture of a Hindu yogi in the Birla Mandir, Delhi

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A yogi (Sanskrit, feminine root: yogini) is a term for a male practitioner of various forms of spiritual practice. In contemporary English yogin is an alternative rendering for the word yogi. [1] In Hinduism it refers to an adherent of Yoga. The word is also often used in the Buddhist context to describe Buddhist monks or a householders devoted to meditation. Chatral Rinpoche for example is a famous wandering yogi from Tibet.

The Shiva-Samhita text defines the yogi as someone who knows that the entire cosmos is situated within his own body, and the Yoga-Shikha-Upanishad distinguishes two kinds of yogins: those who pierce through the "sun" (surya) by means of the various yogic techniques and those who access the door of the central conduit (sushumna-nadi) and drink the nectar[2].

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  1. ^ Translators Notes: Note 1: Yogin is Sanskrit and yogi is Hindi.
  2. ^ The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, Shambhala Publications, Boston, 2000 p.350

1-2. Feuerstein, Georg. The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, Shambhala Publications, Boston, 2000 p. 321, 350.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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Translations: Yogi
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - yogi

Nederlands (Dutch)
yogabeoefenaar

Français (French)
n. - yogi

Deutsch (German)
n. - Jogi (Anhänger des Joga)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γιόγκι

Italiano (Italian)
yogi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - praticante de ioga (m)

Русский (Russian)
йог, загадочный человек

Español (Spanish)
n. - yogui

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - yogi, yogautövare, yogalärare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
瑜珈修行者, 信奉瑜珈者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 瑜珈修行者, 信奉瑜珈者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 요가 수행자, 명상적인 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヨーガ行者, ヨーガ哲学信奉者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الشخص الذي يمارس, أو يعلم رياضه اليوجا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מורה ליוגה (תורת שליטה בגוף ובנפש הינדית), אדם מיומן ביוגה, יוגי‬


 
 

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