Kaivalya-pāda
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Kaivalya-pāda is the fourth and final chapter of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras, focusing on spiritual liberation (kaivalya), the nature of consciousness, and the culmination of yogic practice.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaivalya-pāda canonical | 3 |
| Kaivalya Pāda | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaivalya-pāda Context triple: [Patañjali, YogaSutrasChapter, Kaivalya-pāda]
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A.
Nibbana
Nibbana is the ultimate liberation in Buddhism, a state of complete freedom from suffering, craving, and the cycle of rebirth.
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B.
Padmapada
Padmapada was a prominent 8th-century disciple of Adi Shankaracharya and an influential early expositor of Advaita Vedanta, known especially for his work "Panchapadika."
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C.
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga is the eighteenth and final chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, focusing on the nature of liberation, renunciation, and the culmination of spiritual duty.
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D.
Moksha Dwar
Moksha Dwar is the main sacred gateway of the Dwarkadhish Temple in Dwarka, symbolizing spiritual liberation for devotees entering the shrine.
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E.
Vipassana
Vipassana is a Buddhist meditation technique focused on cultivating insight into the true nature of reality through mindful observation of thoughts, sensations, and phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaivalya-pāda Target entity description: Kaivalya-pāda is the fourth and final chapter of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras, focusing on spiritual liberation (kaivalya), the nature of consciousness, and the culmination of yogic practice.
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A.
Nibbana
Nibbana is the ultimate liberation in Buddhism, a state of complete freedom from suffering, craving, and the cycle of rebirth.
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B.
Padmapada
Padmapada was a prominent 8th-century disciple of Adi Shankaracharya and an influential early expositor of Advaita Vedanta, known especially for his work "Panchapadika."
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C.
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga is the eighteenth and final chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, focusing on the nature of liberation, renunciation, and the culmination of spiritual duty.
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D.
Moksha Dwar
Moksha Dwar is the main sacred gateway of the Dwarkadhish Temple in Dwarka, symbolizing spiritual liberation for devotees entering the shrine.
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E.
Vipassana
Vipassana is a Buddhist meditation technique focused on cultivating insight into the true nature of reality through mindful observation of thoughts, sensations, and phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter of a scripture
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chapter of the Yoga Sūtras ⓘ philosophical text section ⓘ |
| aim |
to clarify the culmination of yogic discipline
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to explain the state of kaivalya ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
asmitā (egoity)
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dharma-megha-samādhi (cloud-of-dharma samādhi) ⓘ guṇas (sattva, rajas, tamas) ⓘ |
| author | Patañjali ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | integral part of the Yoga Sūtras corpus ⓘ |
| describes |
final state of yoga
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relationship between mind (citta) and puruṣa ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
mechanism of bondage and liberation
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ultimate freedom of consciousness ⓘ |
| follows | Vibhūti-pāda ⓘ |
| influenced | later Yoga and Vedānta interpretations of liberation ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
cessation of karma
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discrimination between seer and seen (draṣṭṛ-dṛśya-viveka) ⓘ disentanglement of puruṣa from prakṛti ⓘ end of ignorance (avidyā) ⓘ freedom from rebirth ⓘ isolation of puruṣa (pure consciousness) ⓘ karmic impressions (saṃskāras) ⓘ karmic seeds (bīja) ⓘ nature of siddhis (yogic powers) ⓘ three kinds of transformation (pariṇāma) ⓘ transcendence of siddhis ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
culmination of yogic practice
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kaivalya ⓘ nature of consciousness ⓘ spiritual liberation ⓘ |
| originalMedium | oral Sanskrit aphorisms (sūtras) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras
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linked to:
Yoga Sūtra
|
| partOfSeries |
Samādhi-pāda
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Sādhana-pāda ⓘ
linked to:
Sādhana Pāda
Vibhūti-pāda ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Classical Yoga (Pātañjala Yoga)
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linked to:
Classical Yoga
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| positionInWork |
final chapter
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fourth chapter ⓘ |
| precedes | none (last chapter) ⓘ |
| religiousGenre | yoga philosophy ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| script | Devanāgarī (in most modern editions) ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Vyāsa’s classical commentary on the Yoga Sūtras
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commentaries in the Yoga tradition ⓘ |
| timePeriod | composed in the first centuries CE (approximate, with Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras) ⓘ |
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