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''For the system of yoga taught by [[Sri K. Pattabhi Jois]], see [[Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga]].''

'''Ashtanga Yoga''' (''eight limbs of yoga'', ''Raja Yoga'') is the classical Indian system of philosophy and practice (composed by Patanjali perhaps ca. 200 BCE) consisting of these eight behavior precepts:

* [[Yama]] (see below)
* [[niyama]] - Commitments to practice, such as study and devotion
(contracted; show full)* http://www.dharmayoga.org/onlinestudy/pantanjali.htm
* http://members.tripod.com/~kira_lis/yamas.html
* http://www.expressionsofspirit.com/yoga/eight-limbs.htm
* [http://www.atmajyoti.org/med_foundations_of_yoga.asp An exposition of the components of Yama and Niyama]

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