T

 Tada

a mountain

 Tamas

darkness, inertia, ignorance

 Tan

to stretch

 Tandava

violent dance of Shiva

 Tanmatras

the five potentials or senses

 Tantras

treatises on ritual, meditation, discipline, etc.

 Tap

to burn, shine, suffer

 Tapas

austerity, purification

 Tara

crossing over

 Taraka

a demon slain by Kartikeya

 Tat

that

 Tattva

an element, the twenty-four categories of thatness

 Tejas

radiant energy, majesty

 Tirieng

horizontal

 Tittibha

a firefly

 Tittibhasana

the firefly posture

 Tola

a balance

 Tolangulasana

the balance posture

 Tolasana

the scales posture

 Trataka

an exercise to clear the vision

 Tri

three

 Trikona

a triangle

 Trikonasana

the triangle posture

 Trishna

thirst, desire

 Trivikrama

fifth incarnation of Vishnu, who filled the earth, heaven and hell with his three steps (krama)

 Ubhaya

both

 Ubhaya Padangusthasana

the buttocks balance posture

 Udana

the vital air controlling the intake of food and air

 Uddiyana

a fetter or binding involving the raising of the diaphragm

 Ugra

powerful, noble

 Ugrasana

the posterior stretch posture

 Ullola

a large wave

 Uma

Shiva's wife, Parvati

 Unmani

samadhi

 Upanishads

the philosophical parts of the Vedas. 'upa' (near) 'ni' (down) sad (to sit) - the act of sitting down by one's Guru to receive instruction.

 Upavishtha

seated

 Upeksha

disregard

 Urdhra Prasarita Ekapadasana

balancing forward posture

 Urdhva

raised

 Urdhva Hastattanasana

the up-stretched arms posture

 Urdhva-mukha

face upwards

 Urdhva-retus

a celibate

 Ushtra

a camel

 Ushtrasana

the camel posture

 Utkata

fierce

 Utkatasana

the the hunkering posture

 Uttana

an intense stretch

 Utthita

stretched

 Utthita Eka Pada Sirsasana

the balancing leg-behind-head posture

 Utthita Kurmasana

the balancing tortoise posture

 Utthita Lingamasana

the balancing on the phallus posture

 Utthita Padangusthasana

the balancing big toe posture

 Utthita Parsvakonasana

the stretched lateral angle posture

 Utthita Paschimottanasana

the balancing back-stretching posture

 Vacha

speech

 Vaikuntha

Vishnu

 Vairagya

uncolouredness, not desiring physical objects

 Vaisesika

one of the schools of Indian philosophy

 Vaisyas

the caste of merchants and professionals

 Vajra

one of the channels in the spine, a thunderbolt, diamond

 Vajrasana

the thunderbolt posture

 Vajroli

the thunderbolt contraction

 Vakra

bent

 Vakrasana

the curved posture

 Valakhilya

a class of tiny entities, about the size of a thumb

 Vama

the left side

 Vamadevasana

Vamadeva's posture

 Vamana

Vishnu's fifth incarnation

 Vamaprakasha

lovely shiningness

 Vasana

longing

 Vasnata

the deity of Spring

 Vasti

internal cleansing

 Vasuki

a name of Shesha

 Vatayana

a horse

 Vatayanasana

the horseface posture

 Vayus

the vital airs

 Veda

the sacred scriptures of the Hindus

 Vedana

feelings

 Vedanta

one of the schools of Indian philosophy

 Vedas

the sacred scriptures of the Hindus

 Vibhuti

divine power

 Vichara

continued thought

 Vidya

knowledge, science

 Vijnana

comprehension

 Vikalpa

imagination, fancy

 Vikshepa

confusion

 Vikshipta

mental aggitation

 Viloma

against the natural order of things

 Vipakas

the distressing results of karmas

 Viparita

reversed, inverted

 Viparitakarani

the upside-down posture

 Viparyaya

a mistaken view

 Vira

brave, a hero

 Virabhadrasana

the arrow posture

 Virancha

name of Brahma

 Virasana

the hero posture

 Virochana

a demon prince

 Virya

vitality, enthusiasm

 Vishama-vritti

uneven or strained movement whilst breathing

 Vishesha

particular

 Vishnu

the preserver of life

 Vishudda

pure

 Vitarka

discernment

 Viveka

discrimination

 Vriksha

a tree

 Vrikshasana

the tree posture

 Vrishchika

a scorpion

 Vrishchikasana

the scorpion posture

 Vrit

to turn

 Vritti

a vortex, an idea, behaviour

 Vyadhi

illness

 Vyana

one of the vital airs, circulates energy all over the body

 Yajna

a sacrifice

 Yama

the god of death

 Yamas

the five moral commandments

 Yantra

a design used in meditation

 Yastikasana

the stick posture

 Yoga

union, from 'yuj' - to join

 Yogadandasana

the yogin's staff posture

 Yogasana

the anchor posture

 Yoga-nidra

the sleep of yoga, where the body is resting but the mind is awake

 Yogi/yogin

one who practices yoga

 Yoni

vagina, womb, or source

 Yuga

an age

 Yuj

to yoke, join, concentrate on

 Yukta

joined with, one who has attained the communion with the supreme spirit