Tradition
Kaivalya
Overview
Kaivalya (Sanskrit: कैवल्य) is the ultimate goal of aṣṭāṅga yoga and means "solitude", "detachment" or "isolation", a vrddhi-derivation from kevala "alone, isolated". It is the isolation of purusha from prakṛti, and liberation from rebirth, i.e., moksha. Kaivalya-mukti is described in some Upanishads, such as the Muktika and Kaivalya Upanishads, as the most superior form of moksha, which can grant liberation both within this life (as in jīvanmukti), and after death (as in videhamukti).
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Related ideas
- Hanuman
- Gaudiya Vaishnavism
- Vijnanabhiksu
- Animism
- Kevala jnana
- Moksha
- Assam
- Rama
- Omniscience
- Samkhya
- Trika
- Causality
- Consciousness
- Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga)
- Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
- Upanishads
- Yogi
- Prakriti
- Unifying Hinduism
Place in the tradition
Part of Nondualism.