Kriyā
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'''''' () most commonly refers to a "completed action", technique or practice within a yoga discipline meant to achieve a specific result.
==Etymology== is a Sanskrit term, derived from the Sanskrit root , meaning 'to do'. '''' means 'action, deed, effort'. The word karma is also derived from the Sanskrit root '''' () , meaning 'to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect, prepare, undertake'. Karma is related to the verbal Proto-Indo-European root 'to make, form'.
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