Yogā

lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device

1. yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
2. connection with (-˚), application to; (natural) relation (i.e. body, living connection), association; also conjunction (of stars). mānusaka yoga the relation to the world of men (the human body), opp. dibba yoga: SN.i.35 = SN.i.60; Snp.641; Dhp.417; explained at Dhp-a.iv.225 as “kāya.” association with: DN.iii.176; application: Vism.520 (+ uppāda). yogato (abl.) from being connected with by association with Pv-a.40 (bālya˚), Pv-a.98 (sammappadhāna˚)
   ■ pubba˚; connection with a former body, one’s former action or life-history Ja.v.476; Ja.vi.480; Mil.2 See pubbe¹
   ■ aḍḍhayoga a “half-connected” building, i.e. a half-roofed monastery Vin.i.239; Vism.34- nakkhatta˚; a conjunction of planets, peculiar constellation (in astrology) Ja.i.82, Ja.i.253 (dhana-vassāpanaka suitable for a shower of wealth); Ja.iii.98; Dhp-a.i.174; Dhs-a.232 (in simile).
3. (fig.) bond, tie; attachment (to the world and its lusts), or what yokes to rebirth (Cpd. 171²). There are 4 yogas, which are identical with the 4 oghas viz. kāma˚, bhava˚, diṭṭhi˚, avijjā˚ or the bonds of craving, existence, false views, and ignorance; enumerated in detail at AN.ii.10; DN.iii.230, DN.iii.276; Ja.i.374; cp. Pts.i.129 (catūhi yogehi yutto lokasannivāso catu-yoga-yojito); Vb-a.35. Mentioned or referred to at SN.v.59; Dhs.1059 (ogha + , in defⁿ of taṇhā), cp, Dhs translation 308; Ne.31 (with ogha), Ne.114 (id.); as sabba- (or sabbe) yogā at Thig.4; Thig.76; SN.i.213; Dhp-a.iii.233; severally at Iti.95 (bhava-yoga-yutta āgāmī hoti, + kāma˚); ogha + yoga: Pp.21 (avijjā˚) Vism.211, Vism.684; cp. also DN.ii.274 (pāpima-yogāni the ties of the Evil one); Iti.80 (yogā pamocenti bahujanaṃ)
4. application, endeavour, undertaking, effort Dhp-a.iii.233, Dhp-a.iii.234 (= samma-ppadhāna). yogaṃ karoti to make an effort, to strive after (dat.) SN.ii.131; AN.ii.93 (āsavānaṃ khayāya y. karaṇīya); Mil.35. yogaṃ āpajjati to show (earnest) endeavour, to be active SN.iii.11 sq.; Vb.356 (attanā)
   ■ dhamma˚; one who is devoted to the Dhamma AN.iii.355; yutta˚; (bent on,