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A Series of Lessons on the Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India1374
Prana. The Universal Principle of Energy; also used to designate the Vital
Force of the body, which is a manifestation of the Universal Prana.
Pranayama. The Science of Control of the Prana, principally by means of
the Breath; the Fourth Step of Patanjali’s Yoga System.
Prasankhyana. Contemplation of the Abstract.
Pratibha. Illumination by Divine Wisdom.
Pratika. A symbol, or image, of Brahman, the Infinite Being.
Pratima. The use of images of the gods as symbols for the Supreme Being.
The worship before these symbols is intended as the worship of the
Supreme Being, in some of its phases, and is not idolatry as the term is
generally understood.
Prativshaya. The sense-organs.
Pratyahara. Control of the Senses; a part of the Yoga discipline and
practice; the Fifth Step of the Yoga of Patanjali, which consists in making
the Mind introspective—that is, turning it back on itself, and releasing it
from the power of outward impressions.
Pratyagatman. The state of internal self-illumination, or spiritual knowing.
Pratyaksham. Perception by means of the illuminated consciousness, and
without the necessity of sense organs.
Prithivi. Solid matter; earth; cohesive mass.
Puraka. Inhalation of the Breath.
Purusha. The Spiritual Principle; the Spirit (see lesson on the Sankhya
System).
Purva Mimamsa. “Prior Investigation”; one of the Three Minor Systems of
Hindu Philosophy. Raga. Attachment of the Senses.
Raja. Royal; Chief; Superior; Superlative.
Raja Yoga. The “Royal Yoga”; “Superlative Yoga”; a form of Yoga advocated
by the Yoga School of Patanjali and others, which has for its object the
development of the psychic and spiritual faculties, and the control of the
Mind. (See lesson on the Yoga System.)