Yoga Etymology By Wikipedia The Sanskrit noun योग yoga is derived from the root yuj "to attach, join, harness, yoke". [24] The word yoga is cognate with English " yoke ". [25] The spiritual sense of the word yoga first arises in Epic Sanskrit , in the second half of the 1st millennium BCE, and is associated with the philosophical system presented in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali , with the chief aim of "uniting" the human spirit with the Divine . [26] The term kriyāyoga has a technical meaning in the Yoga Sutras (2.1), designating the "practical" aspects of the philosophy, i.e. the "union with the supreme" due to performance of duties in everyday life. [27] According to Pāṇini , the term yoga can be derived from either of two roots, yujir yoga (to yoke) or yuj samādhau ("to concentrate"). [28] In the context of the Yoga Sutra...