Final Exam

Question 1

yoga

Answer 1

cessation of thought forms in the mind

Question 2

tyaga

Answer 2

renounce fruits of labor

Question 3

mudra

Answer 3

expression

Question 4

Ha(tha)

Answer 4

sun

Question 5

(Ha)tha

Answer 5

moon

Question 6

Prana Shakti

Answer 6

pingla nadi (great mother energy)

Question 7

Manas Shakti

Answer 7

ida nadi (energy of mind)

Question 8

vayu

Answer 8

prana (up), apana (down), samana (balanced), udana (rising), uyana (diffused)

Question 9

vairagyam

Answer 9

non-attachment

Question 10

abhyasa

Answer 10

consistent practice

Question 11

mula bandha

Answer 11

anal control

Question 12

jalandara bandha

Answer 12

throat lock

Question 13

vajroli mudra

Answer 13

urinary sphincter

Question 14

viveka

Answer 14

discernment

Question 15

Viparati Karani

Answer 15

legs up against wall

Question 16

5 koshas

Answer 16

energetic layers of body: Annamaya (physical outer), Pranamaya (vital energy), Manomaya (mind, thoughts, emotions), Vijnanamaya (astral, psychic), Anandamaya (bliss body)

Question 17

5 kleshas

Answer 17

Avidya: ignorance

Asmita: I-ness, ego sense

Raga: attachment

Dvesha: aversion

Abhinivesah: fear of death, clinging to life

Question 18

4 purifications

Answer 18

Nadi Shodhana (alternate nostril)

Kapalabhati (skull shining)

Agnisara Dhauti (fire wash) 


Ashvina Mudra (horse mudra)

Question 19

shruthi

Answer 19

divine revelation

Question 20

karma

Answer 20

action

Question 21

samsara

Answer 21

wheel of birth/death

Question 22

purusha

Answer 22

consciousness

Question 23

prakriti

Answer 23

matter

Question 24

gunas

Answer 24

qualities of nature (tamas, rajas, sattva)

Question 25

mauna

Answer 25

not talking

Question 26

Sanatana Dharma

Answer 26

eternal wisdom

Question 27

buddhi

Answer 27

higher intellect

Question 28

manas

Answer 28

operating mind

Question 29

ahamkara

Answer 29

ego

Question 30

jiva atman

Answer 30

individual consciousness

Question 31

paramatman

Answer 31

universal consciousness

Question 32

samyama

Answer 32

result of limbs 6-8, total truth of the object

Question 33

shraddha

Answer 33

trust

Question 34

ramayana

Answer 34

story of queen sita and lord rama

Question 35

upanishads

Answer 35

time period when rishis describe Vedas

Question 36

dhanvantari

Answer 36

deity of ayurveda

Question 37

samkhya

Answer 37

dualistic philosophy that teaches gunas

Question 38

jyotisha

Answer 38

vedic astrology

Question 39

Yoga Chikitsa

Answer 39

another name for Primary Series

Question 40

trtakam

Answer 40

staring at candle