As a deity name
Name 711 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 768 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 923 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 623 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
योग · noun · masculine
दो अथवा अधिक पदार्थों का एक में मिलना । संयोग । मिलान । मेल · उपाय । तरकीब · ध्यान — Śabdasāgara
योग · yoga · s.m.
Joining, junction, union, &c. (see jog, the pop. form) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1253
योग · masculine
yoga (discipline aiming to train the consciousness); yoga (discipline aiming to train the consciousness); meditation; yoga (discipline aiming to train the consciousness)
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yoga).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the act of yoking, joining, attaching, harnessing, putting to (of horses)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yoga" is the vocative of "yogā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
yoga &c. See pp. 856, 858.
yoga m. (√ 1. yuj; ifc. f(ā). ) the act of yoking, joining, attaching, harnessing, putting to (of horses), RV.; MBh.
a yoke, team, vehicle, conveyance, ŚBr.; Kauś.; MBh.
employment, use, application, performance, RV. &c. &c.
equipping or arraying (of an army), MBh.
yogā (ā), f. N. of a Śakti, Pañcar.
of Pīvarī (daughter of the Pitṛs called Barhiṣads), Hariv.
Alternative readings
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