iva Sa
hita
.
A Sanskrit text of the
N
tha
yoga school (13th–15th cents.), a mixture of
advaita
philosophy, Hatha and
Tantric yoga
. The last chapter enumerates obstacles to yoga, and also the four kinds of yoga which are, in ascending order,
mantra
, hatha,
laya
, and
kriya
. The latter involves closing off the senses and listening to inner mystical sound (
h
da
).
iva-tattva
(the supreme being in Indian sect):
Six Doctrines of N
ropa
(body of teaching in school of Tibetan Buddhism):