Yogeshvara

{{Short description|Hindu epithet}}

{{Other uses|Yogeshwara (disambiguation)}}

Yogeshvara ({{Langx|sa|योगेश्वर|lit=Lord of Yoga|translit=Yogeśvara}}) is a Sanskrit epithet employed in Hinduism.{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2017-09-21 |title=Yogeshvara, Yogeśvara, Yoga-ishvara: 19 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/yogeshvara |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}} The term Yogeshvara is a portmanteau of yoga and ishvara, meaning 'Lord of Yoga', 'Lord of Yogis', or 'God of Yoga'. The term is primarily employed to address the deities Shiva and Krishna.{{Cite book |last=Chatterjee |first=Suhas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KItocaxbibUC&q=%28Yogesha%29&pg=PA112 |title=Indian Civilization and Culture |date=1998 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-7533-083-2 |pages=115 |language=en}}{{cite book|title=Srimad Bhagavad Gita: A User'S Manual for Every Day Living|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdLBBwAAQBAJ|author=T.N. Sethumadhavan|publisher=Partridge Publishing|date=26 March 2015|page=339|isbn=978-1482846096}}{{cite book|title=Sri Krishna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKiGPRGChjYC|author=Swami Sivananda|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|year=1964|page=4}}{{cite news|title=Krishna the Yogeshwara|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/religion/religious-discourse-krishna-the-yogeshwara/article6405504.ece|work=The Hindu|date=12 September 2014}}

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