Āyushmān (Yoga)

Āyushmān · āyush-mān, “the long-lived”

Grammar: āyushmān, “long-lived”, used as the name of a yoga.

Meaning: the third of the twenty-seven yogas, a division of the pañcāṅga, the calendar.

In the scriptures: In the Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Rādhā teaches Uddhava the means to cross Kāla. After the nakshatras she says: “It is said that a nakshatra always moves together with a tithi. Hear the yogas and karaṇas from my mouth.” The twenty-seven yogas, in order, are Vishkambha, Prīti, Āyushmān, Saubhāgya, Śobhana, Atigaṇḍa, Sukarman, Dhṛti, Śūla, Gaṇḍa, Vṛddhi, Dhruva, Vyāghāta, Harshaṇa, Vajra, Siddhi, Vyatīpāta, Varīyān, Parigha, Śiva, Siddhi (a second time), Sādhya, Śubha, Śukla, Brahma, Aindra and Vaidhṛti. (Chapter 96)

In the Brahma Khaṇḍa, Sāvitrī bore to Brahmā the yogas beginning with Vishkambha, and the karaṇas beginning with Bava. (Chapter 8)

Sources

• Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 8; Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 96