Talk:Ishvarapranidhana

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Will try to expand with better research-- the highest form of Yoga in many systems probably shouldn't be rated low importance! Given that this stub also is one of the most prominent returns on Google in its category, it would be good to put a little more work into it, which we'll try to do, but please don't beat on the newbie! ;=)

Phoenixthebird (talk) 16:45, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Um, that isn't what Pranidhana means.

current version says

"...Pranidhana, meaning attention to, love for, surrender to, faith in, or reunion with."

Prani means living thing/all living things/life in general & dhana means wealth/riches. ergo, Pranidhana literally means life-wealth. Lostubes (talk) 02:02, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

also

ishvara doesn't just mean lord. ish just means 'god' 'lord' or whatever. vara is a sort of literal appraisal of benediction... it's a blessing... like "the great", for instance. Ish the Great... sort of. so as a whole, the word literally breaks down to Ish (lord/head) vara (the greatest) Parni (life) dhana (treasure/gift/riches/container... probably better represent in English as 'coffer' or a chest, perhaps) Lostubes (talk) 02:20, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

quite freaking important actually

considering the meaning of the concept, the literal breakdown of the word is illuminating to say the least. basically, it spells it out in black & white. Treasure life for it is the greatest god. or some condensed version of the basic gist. god-greatest-life-gift (the presupposition that "dhana" means wealth/riches actually stems from the root meaning of the word, which is closer to that of gift) Lostubes (talk) 02:30, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

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Are the Yoga Sutras accepted Hindu Scripture? Should "In Hinduism" be revised?

The section entitled Ishvara in Hinduism continues to talk of Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. I'm unclear that this is appropriate. The present Wiki article on Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali has this to say; "The text fell into obscurity for nearly 700 years from the 12th to 19th century, and made a comeback in late 19th century due to the efforts of Swami Vivekananda. It gained prominence again as a comeback classic in the 20th century. Before the 20th century, history indicates the Indian yoga scene was dominated by the Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Vasistha, texts attributed to Yajnavalkya and Hiranyagarbha, as well as literature on hatha yoga, tantric yoga and pashupata yoga rather than the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali." This suggests that the work is not entirely reflective of Classical Hinduism or even Yoga philosophy for that matter! I'm going to remove the Ishvara in Hinduism title, although I welcome any discussion and will not object to its return with some (any?) justification. Certainly the Sutras may be an important part of Neo-Hinduism, but it doesn't seem to me to justify the title as a sub-heading when only the Sutras are referred to. Is Ishvarapranidhana even referenced in any other important Hindu scripture? It seems to me that this concept may be unique to the Yoga Sutras and therefore shouldn't be made to represent Hinduism generally. Tumacama (talk) 18:17, 18 October 2016 (UTC)