 rÄja yoga (; "royal yoga", "royal union", also known as classical yoga and aá¹£á¹­Änga yoga) is a form of meditation in which the mind is trained to be focused at one point. it aims at the calming of the mind using a succession of steps, culminating in samadhi. according to the samkhya-based raja yoga-philosohy, this results in kaivalya, the recognition of the pure mind, and the subsequent liberation from rebirth. since medieval times, raja yoga has been regarded as one of the six schools of orthodox (astika) hindu philosophy. the school declined after the 12th century, to be revived in the 19th century due to popular interest in asian religions. due to this revival, the 4th century yoga sÅ«tras has gained great popularity. ==etymology== in the context of hindu philosophy, rÄja yoga is known simply as yoga. the term rÄja yoga is a retronym, introduced in the 19th-century by swami vivekananda. the prior use of the term rÄja yoga in the hatha yoga pradipika refers to the highest form of yoga, laya yoga, described in this text. the hyp is a text of the natha sampradaya and is not concerned with the yoga taught in the yoga sutras of patanjali. ==history== ===yoga sutras of patanjali=== raja yoga received the status of orthodoxy due to its constituting text, the yoga sutras of patanjali. the yoga sutras are a composite of various texts, composed in c.400 ce. they resemble the buddhist jhanas. traditionally it is ascribed to patanjali, who compiled various traditions and wrote a commenatry on those, together forming the pÄtaÃ±jalayogaÅÄstra ("the treatise on yoga according to pataÃ±jali"), which consisted of both sÅ«tras and bhÄá¹£ya. according to wuyastik, referencing maas,  according to axel michaels, the yoga sutras are a collection of fragments and tradition
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