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āyogaṁ

āyoga

accusative singular masculine of āyoga

1. non-application
2. non-exertion
3. absence of effort

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, from
  Reverses or redirects motion and sense; here it negates or turns away from active engagement.
• yoga — stem · application, exertion
  From √yuj "to yoke, join, apply"; the concrete sense is the yoking or harnessing of effort, extended to any deliberate application of energy.

Analysis. ā- (toward, up to) + yoga (application, exertion): a turning away from application or effort.

Etymology. ā- + yoga (from √yuj "to yoke, apply"). The prefix ā- reverses or negates the sense of active exertion; yoga itself is related to English "yoke" and "join", via Sanskrit yuj.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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