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wavePratyaharawave

Definition: Withdrawal of the senses from external objects, directing awareness inward.

Insights: Pratyahara is the yogic process of withdrawing the senses from outer stimuli, turning the mind inward to deepen concentration and prepare for meditation.

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2.29

yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāvaṅgāni

Importance: 10/10

Yama (abstinences), niyama (observances), āsana (posture), prāṇāyāma (breath control), pratyāhāra (sense withdrawal), dhāraṇā (concentration), dhyāna (meditation), and samādhi (absorption) are the eight limbs of Yoga.

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2.54

svaviṣayāsamprayoge cittasya svarūpānukāra ivendriyāṇāṁ pratyāhāraḥ

Importance: 8/10

Pratyāhāra (sense withdrawal) is, as it were, the imitation by the senses of the mind's own nature by disengaging from their objects.

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2.55

tataḥ paramā vaśyatendriyāṇām

Importance: 7/10

From that comes supreme mastery over the senses.

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