Kaivalya-pāda
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Kaivalya-pāda is the fourth and final chapter of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras, focusing on spiritual liberation (kaivalya), the nature of consciousness, and the culmination of yogic practice.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Kaivalya Pāda | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
chapter of a scripture
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chapter of the Yoga Sūtras ⓘ philosophical text section ⓘ |
| aim |
to clarify the culmination of yogic discipline
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to explain the state of kaivalya ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
asmitā (egoity)
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dharma-megha-samādhi (cloud-of-dharma samādhi) ⓘ guṇas (sattva, rajas, tamas) ⓘ |
| author | Patañjali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | integral part of the Yoga Sūtras corpus ⓘ |
| describes |
final state of yoga
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relationship between mind (citta) and puruṣa ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
mechanism of bondage and liberation
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ultimate freedom of consciousness ⓘ |
| follows | Vibhūti-pāda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Yoga and Vedānta interpretations of liberation ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
cessation of karma
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discrimination between seer and seen (draṣṭṛ-dṛśya-viveka) ⓘ disentanglement of puruṣa from prakṛti ⓘ end of ignorance (avidyā) ⓘ freedom from rebirth ⓘ isolation of puruṣa (pure consciousness) ⓘ karmic impressions (saṃskāras) ⓘ karmic seeds (bīja) ⓘ nature of siddhis (yogic powers) ⓘ three kinds of transformation (pariṇāma) ⓘ transcendence of siddhis ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
culmination of yogic practice
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kaivalya ⓘ nature of consciousness ⓘ spiritual liberation ⓘ |
| originalMedium | oral Sanskrit aphorisms (sūtras) ⓘ |
| partOf | Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Samādhi-pāda
NERFINISHED
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Sādhana-pāda NERFINISHED ⓘ Vibhūti-pāda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Classical Yoga (Pātañjala Yoga) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork |
final chapter
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fourth chapter ⓘ |
| precedes | none (last chapter) ⓘ |
| religiousGenre | yoga philosophy ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| script | Devanāgarī (in most modern editions) ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Vyāsa’s classical commentary on the Yoga Sūtras
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commentaries in the Yoga tradition ⓘ |
| timePeriod | composed in the first centuries CE (approximate, with Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras) ⓘ |
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Kaivalya Pāda