Assertion: yoga's practice | /r/HasAspect | spiritual goals
Facets:
value: in turn
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Mallinson and Singleton note that the purposes of asana practice were, until around the fourteenth century, firstly to form a stable platform for pranayama, mantra repetition (japa), and meditation, practices that in turn had spiritual goals; and secondly to stop the accumulation of karma and instead acquire ascetic power, tapas, something that conferred "supernatural abilities".