Yoga Sutras
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kaivalya-pādaḥ

कैवल्यपादः

The section on Abstraction


kaivalya - independence, freedom, solitude, separateness, abstraction, not connected with anything else; uncompounded, unmingled

pāda - section; a quarter, a fourth part; foot, leg; on foot; the act of locomotion


Commentary by Paul Harvey:

“In the Yoga Sūtra, the pre-eminent text on Dhyānam within Yoga:
Book One is about the Process of the practice of Dhyānam;
Book Two is about the Preparation for the practice of Dhyānam;
Book Three is about the Outcome of the practice of Dhyānam;
Book Four is about the Goal of the practice of Dhyānam.”