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Darshana
Sight, spiritual vision or spiritual viewpoint, originating from the Sanscrit root ‘Drish’ (to see).
Desikachar
Contemporary Yogateacher, son of the late Krishnamacharya.
Dharana
The sixth limb of Ashtanga Yoga, mental concentration in which awareness is focused on a single point, process or activity.
Dharma
The underlying order in nature and human life; quality; property; rigtheous path, acts and behaviour that is in accord with that order; ‘the way of the higher truths’.
Dharmamegha
Signifies the outpouring or effusion of the highest dharma. Through that one obtains insight into the foundation of all knowledge, the revelation of Sat-Cit-Ananda (existence, consciousness, bliss). The highest state of Samadhi to be reached in Yoga.
Dhauti
One of the six Shatkarmas. One swallows a strip of cloth in order to cleanse the stomach.
Dhyana
The seventh limb of Ashtanga Yoga in which concentration has become so deep and intense that the mind has become fully absorbed by the object and the process itself; meditation.
Doshas
The three fundamental terms of Ayurvedic physiology: Vata, Pitta and Kapha.
Drashta
The seer, the witness, the spectator.
Drishti
Gaze point or focal point to which the external or internal eye is directed to help induce Dharana or concentration.
Dukkha
Pain; sorrow; misery; suffering.
Dvesha
Aversion; antipathy; dislike. One of the five Kleshas which are at the root of all suffering.