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Descriptor English: Yoga
Descriptor Spanish: Yoga
Descriptor yoga
Scope note: Sistema ortodoxo principal de la filosofía Hindú basado en el Sankhya (dualismo metafísico) pero que difiere de él por ser teísta y caracterizado por las enseñanzas del raja-yoga como método práctico para la autoliberación. Comprende un sistema de ejercicios para lograr el control mental o corporal y el bienestar con la autoliberación y la unión con el espíritu universal. (Webster, 3d ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Yoga
Descriptor French: Yoga
Tree number(s): E02.190.525.937
E02.190.901.984
E02.779.474.937
K01.844.799.867
MT3.795.992
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015013
Scope note: A major orthodox system of Hindu philosophy based on Sankhya (metaphysical dualism) but differing from it in being theistic and characterized by the teaching of raja-yoga as a practical method of liberating the self. It includes a system of exercises for attaining bodily or mental control and well-being with liberation of the self and union with the universal spirit. (From Webster, 3d ed)
Annotation: IM; specify geog if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
PX psychology
Related: Muscle Stretching Exercises MeSH
DeCS ID: 15409
Unique ID: D015013
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Yoga - Preferred
Concept UI M0023100
Scope note A major orthodox system of Hindu philosophy based on Sankhya (metaphysical dualism) but differing from it in being theistic and characterized by the teaching of raja-yoga as a practical method of liberating the self. It includes a system of exercises for attaining bodily or mental control and well-being with liberation of the self and union with the universal spirit. (From Webster, 3d ed)
Preferred term Yoga



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