Pratyaya
Definition: The cognition or realization of cessation; stopping all mental activity.
Insights: Pratyaya refers to the mental content or seed supporting a particular state of consciousness, especially in deep meditation. In advanced yoga, pratyaya becomes increasingly subtle, culminating in pure awareness beyond all mental content.
Related Sutras
1.42
tatra śabdārthajñānavikalpaiḥ saṅkīrṇā savitarkā samāpattiḥ
Savitarkā samāpatti is that engrossment in which knowledge of the word, its meaning, and the object are mixed up.
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1.43
smṛtipariśuddhau svarūpaśūnyevārthamātranirbhāsā nirvitarkā
Nirvitarkā samāpatti is when memory is purified, and the mind shines forth as the object alone, as if devoid of its own form.
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1.44
etayaiva savicārā nirvicārā ca sūkṣmaviṣayā vyākhyātā
By this, savicārā, nirvicārā, and subtler states of samāpatti are also explained.
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1.45
sūkṣmaviṣayatvaṁ cāliṅgaparyavasānam
The province of subtle objects extends up to the unmanifest (Prakṛti).
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1.46
tā eva sabījaḥ samādhiḥ
These (samāpattis) are samādhi with seed.
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1.47
nirvicāravaiśāradye'dhyātmaprasādaḥ
On attaining proficiency in nirvicārā samāpatti, clarity of the inner Self arises.
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1.48
ṛtaṁbharā tatra prajñā
In that state, wisdom is truth-bearing (ṛtaṁbharā).
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1.49
śrutānumānaprajñābhyāmanyaviṣayā viśeṣārthatvāt
This wisdom is different from that gained by hearing or inference because its object is particular.
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1.50
tajjaḥ saṁskāro'nyasaṁskārapratibandhī
The latent impression born of this wisdom obstructs other latent impressions.
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1.51
tasyāpi nirodhe sarvanirodhānnirbījaḥ samādhiḥ
When even this is suppressed, by the suppression of all, seedless samādhi (nirbīja samādhi) is attained.
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