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单词 pratyahara
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pratyaharan.

Brit. /ˌpratjəˈhɑːrə/, /ˌprʌtjəˈhɑːrə/, U.S. /ˌprɑtjəˈhɑrə/, /ˈˌprɑdiəˈhɑrə/
Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit pratyāhāra.
Etymology: < Sanskrit pratyāhāra drawing back, withdrawal < pratyāhṛ- to bring or draw back, withdraw < prati- back + āhṛ- to bring. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the pronunciation as (pratyāhā·ra) /prætjɑːˈhɑːrə/.
Yoga.
Withdrawal of the senses; restraint of response to external stimuli.
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sense withdrawal1937
1868 Chambers's Encycl. X. 318/1 The fifth stage of Yoga, the restraint of the senses (pratyâhâra), means the withholding of the senses from their respective objects.
1899 F. M. Müller Six Syst. Indian Philos. vii. 458 We can hardly doubt that these postures and restraints of breathing..are helpful in producing complete abstraction (Pratyâhâra) of the senses from their objects, and a complete indifference of the Yogin towards pain and pleasure.
1937 K. T. Behanan Yoga xiii. 215 In pratyahara or the sense-withdrawal stage, a deliberate effort is made to diminish the impulses streaming in through the sense organs.
1976 Canberra Times 23 Aug. 2/8 The ability to transcend thought is acquired by the application of concentrated mind to a single point, pratyahara.
1988 Yoga & Health Apr. 9/1 Pratyahara, usually referred to as sense-withdrawal (i.e. not responding to or noting external stimuli)..is not necessarily a practice in its own right but rather a natural concomitant of pranayama or other concentration techniques.
2005 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 25 Feb. sw 27 Take 10 deep breaths to distract your mind from whatever it is you're thinking about. We call this pratyahara.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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