Kriya

Kriyā (in Sanskrit "action, deed, effort"(in Tamil ⁱ/ˈ/Kiriyai)) most commonly refers to a "completed action", technique or practice within a yoga discipline meant to achieve a specific result. Another meaning of Kriya is an outward physical manifestation of awakened kundalini, such as a spontaneous body movement related to Kundalini energy flow. O KriyaShakti is "a power of thought" said to be greatly studied by yogis.

Kriyā is a Sanskrit term, derived from the Sanskrit root, kri, meaning "to do". Kriyā means "action, deed, effort". The word karma is also derived from the Sanskrit root √kṛ (kri) कृ, meaning "to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect, prepare, undertake". Karma is related to verbal proto-Indo-European root *kwer- "to make, form".

The root kṛ (kri) is very common in ancient Sanskrit literature, and it is relied upon to explain ideas in Rigveda, other Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, the Epics of Hinduism. The root "kri" also appears in the word Sanskrit, to imply a language that is "well made".

Kriya has been preserved in the Bhagavad Gita. According to Paramahansa Yogananda in his book God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita, Krishna refers to and describes Kriya Yoga:

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