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Yajna (Hinduism)
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Offering, sacrifice and worship.
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Yajur (Hinduism)
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One of the four Vedas.
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Yarmulka (Judaism)
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Skull cap worn by Jewish males either during synagogue worship or always by many Orthodox Jews.
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Yoga (Hinduism)
- A discipline of variations to realise the union with God and all life and also one of the six branches of Hindu philosophy as is Sankhya (yuj, to unite).
Disciplines include:
- Jnanayoga - knowledge
- Bhaktiyoga - Devotion
- Rajayoga - Inner meditation
- Karmayoga - active duty
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Yogi (Hinduism)
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Person carrying out a spiritual discipline.
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Yom Kippur (Judaism)
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The Day of Atonement.
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Yudhishthira (Hinduism)
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Arjuna's elder brother, who kept to the dharma.
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Yuga (Hinduism)
- The world goes through 1000 yuga-cycles during one kalpa (a day of Brahma). There are four parts to a yuga-cycle, representing deterioration. First is Krita yuga or the age of perfection, and then treta yuga, followed by dvapara, after which Krishna was made incarnate, and finally the fourth and final yuga, kali happens, where creation is the most deteriorated (yuga is from a game of dice).
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