Pratyaya
Pratyaya (IAST)Translation: "condition"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 7)
A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Monier-Williams)
Sanskrit: प्रत्यय
Transliteration: Pratyaya
Translation: "suffix; condition (from the verb root i – “to go” + prati – “against, back”)"
The Yoga-Sūtra of Patañjali (Chip Hartranft)
Sanskrit: प्रत्यय
Transliteration: Pratyaya
Translation: "perception, thought, intention, representation"
The Science of Yoga (I. K. Taimni)
Sanskrit: प्रत्यय
Transliteration: Pratyaya
Translation: "content of the mind"
Commentary: "Pratyaya is a technical word used in Yoga to denote the total content of the mind at any moment using the word mind in its widest sense and not merely the intellect. This Pratyaya may be of any kind and may exist on any plane of the mind. A mental image of a child, a concept of a mathematical principle, an all-embracing vision of the Unity of life are all Pratyaya of different kinds and belonging to different planes."
"This word covers a wide range of notions such as concept, idea, cause etc., but in Yogic terminology, it is generally used for the total content of the mind which occupies the field of consciousness at a particular time. As the mind is capable of holding a large variety of objects simultaneously, a word has to be used to denote all these objects taken together irrespective of their nature. Pratyaya is a technical word for this total content of the mind."
References:
- Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
- Hartranft, Chip (2003). The Yoga-Sūtra of Patañjali: Sanskrit-English Translation & Glossary. Shambhala
- Taimni, I. K. (1975). The Science of Yoga: The Yoga-Sūtras of Patañjali in Sanskrit with Transliteration in Roman, Translation in English and Commentary: Theosophical Publishing House. p. 37, 248.
