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Wikipedia, "Yamas"

Wikipedia, accessed 2026

A community-maintained tertiary reference on the yamas, directly examined. Its strength is naming specific texts beyond Patanjali with their own yama counts, showing the category was never fixed to one canonical list; its limit is a Wikipedia community article rather than an indological monograph, which is why it sits at reliability tier three. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Reliability Tier
3
Wikipedia's article on the yamas, consulted 2026-08-13. Useful here for the Rigvedic etymology of yama as a rein or curb, the named texts beyond Patanjali that list ten yamas (Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Shandilya Upanishad, Yajnavalkya Smriti, Tirumantiram), and the sixty-text count of the genre.
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Wikipedia's article on the yamas, consulted 2026-08-13. Useful here for the Rigvedic etymology of yama as a rein or curb, the named texts beyond Patanjali that list ten yamas (Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Shandilya Upanishad, Yajnavalkya Smriti, Tirumantiram), and the sixty-text count of the genre.
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Wikipedia
Publication Year
2026
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamas
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reference
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Patanjali, Figures

This source names Patanjali directly: "Its strength is naming specific texts beyond Patanjali with their own yama counts, showing the category was never fixed to one canonical list; its limit is a Wikipedia community article rather than..."

Source Wikipedia, "Yamas"Wikipedia contributors
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)

This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Doctrines, 9 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.

Well-attested

11

Doctrines

The Yamas

Sources

Wikipedia, "Yamas"

Holds

4

Doctrines

AsteyaBrahmacharyaThe Yamas

Sources

Wikipedia, "Yamas"

General References

3

Doctrines

The Yamas
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