Yamini
A goddess of night and darkness.
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Yamuna
The goddess of the Yamuna River, sister of Yama.
Yellamma
A mother goddess worshipped in South India, particularly Karnataka.
Yoga – School of Physical and Mental Discipline
Systematized by Patañjali (2nd century BCE) in the Yoga Sutras, this school builds upon Sāṃkhya metaphysics while focusing on practical methodology. It offers an eight-limbed (ashtanga) path for controlling the mind and bodily activities to achieve liberation (kaivalya) through meditation and self-discipline.
Yogācāra – School of Consciousness-Only
Developed by Asanga and Vasubandhu (4th-5th centuries CE), this Mahayana Buddhist school teaches that reality is ultimately mind-only (cittamatra). It analyzes consciousness into eight types and examines how our perceptions construct our experience of the world.
Yoganidra
The goddess of cosmic sleep, a form of Shakti.