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In Patanjali's yoga sutra 96, we must know the meaning of astanga youga yama, niyama aasana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi these eight routes of astangas.
Yama : ahimsa, truth, asteya, brahmacharya, aparigraha are the five things not to trouble othrs, to speak the truth, not steel others belongs, to preserve vitality is brahmacharya.
In addition to these, kshama, druti, daya, arjave (simplicity) limited food.
Niyama : Cleanliness, happiness, tapas, swadyaya, eswara praneedana - moral duties. Cleaniness of body and mind to free from desires, tyaga, viveka, vyragya Vivechane to purify the mind by tapas, to study philosophy, and shastras studying, to ingle in godliness.
Studying scriptures must be the aim of yoga sadaka.
Asana : The posture of sitting of yogasadaka, itself is asana. In yoga shsstra there are 86 asanas, but including their portions, it is learnt that there are 676 asans.
Among those asanas siddhasana, padmasana, swastikasana, vajrasana, bhadrasana, are helpful to pramartha sadhana. Remaining are for the health preservation.
Padmasana is a good for all siddhasana is useful for brahmacharies (bachelors)
