Kriyā

Kriyā(Sanskrit:क्रिया,lit. 'action, deed, effort') most commonly refers to a "completed action", technique or practice within ayogadiscipline meant to achieve a specific result.

Etymology[edit]

Kriyāis aSanskritterm, derived from the Sanskrit rootkri,meaning 'to do'.Kriyāmeans 'action, deed, effort'. The wordkarmais also derived from the Sanskrit root√kṛ(kri)कृ,meaning 'to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect, prepare, undertake'.^[1]^[2]Karmais related to the verbalProto-Indo-Europeanroot*kwer-'to make, form'.^[3]

The rootkṛ(kri) is common in ancient Sanskrit literature, and it is relied upon to explain ideas inRigveda,otherVedas,Upanishads,Puranas,and theEpics of Hinduism.^[1]^[4]

Practices[edit]

TheYoga Sutras of Patanjali2.1 defines three types ofkriyā,namelytapas(ascetic devotion),svadhyaya(study of the self or the scriptures), andIsvara pranidhana(devotion or surrender to higher consciousness).

The yogic purifications orshatkarmasare sometimes called the Shatkriyas ( "the six actions" ).^[5]

TheKriya Yoga school,established byYogananda,is centered onpranayamatechniques.

References[edit]

^^a ^b
see:
- kṛ, कृ Monier Monier-Williams,Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2008 revision),pp 300–301;
- Carl Cappeller (1999), Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Etymological and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages, Asian Educational Services,ISBN 978-8120603691
^Mulla & Krishnan (2009), Do Karma-Yogis Make Better Leaders? Exploring the Relationship between the Leader's Karma-Yoga and Transformational Leadership, Journal of Human Values, 15(2), pp 167-183
^John Algeo and Thomas Pyles (2010), The Origins and Development of the English Language, 6th Edition,ISBN 978-1428231450,pp 54-55
^See Rigveda 9.69.5, 10.159.4, 10.95.2, Svetâsvatara Upanishad 2.7.v.1, Mahabharata 1.5141, etc.
^Shatkarmas - Cleansing Techniques Archived13 October 2016 at theWayback Machine,in Yoga Magazine, a publication ofBihar School of Yoga

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[mmw-1] see:
kṛ, कृ Monier Monier-Williams,Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2008 revision),pp 300–301;

Carl Cappeller (1999), Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Etymological and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages, Asian Educational Services,ISBN 978-8120603691

[2] ṛ, कृ Monier Monier-Williams,Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2008 revision),pp 300–301;

[3] Carl Cappeller (1999), Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Etymological and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages, Asian Educational Services,ISBN 978-8120603691

[2] Mulla & Krishnan (2009), Do Karma-Yogis Make Better Leaders? Exploring the Relationship between the Leader's Karma-Yoga and Transformational Leadership, Journal of Human Values, 15(2), pp 167-183

[3] John Algeo and Thomas Pyles (2010), The Origins and Development of the English Language, 6th Edition,ISBN 978-1428231450,pp 54-55

[4] See Rigveda 9.69.5, 10.159.4, 10.95.2, Svetâsvatara Upanishad 2.7.v.1, Mahabharata 1.5141, etc.

[YogaMag-5] Shatkarmas - Cleansing Techniques Archived13 October 2016 at theWayback Machine,in Yoga Magazine, a publication ofBihar School of Yoga

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