Sanskrit I

Question 1

Ida-nadi (“pale conduit”)

Answer 1

the prana current or arc ascending on the left side of the central channel (sushumna nadi) associated with the parasympathetic nervous system and having a cooling or calming effect on the mind when activated; cf. pingala-nadi

Question 2

Ishvara (“ruler”)

Answer 2

the Lord; referring either to the Creator (see Brahma) or, in Patanjali’s yoga-darshana, to a special transcendental Self (purusha)

Question 3

Ishvara-pranidhana (“dedication to the Lord”)

Answer 3

in Patanjali’s eight-limbed yoga one of the practices of self-restraint (niyama); see also bhakti yoga