Yogin (adjective/noun) [from yoga, cf. Classical Sanskrit yogin] 1. (—°) applying oneself (to), working (by means of), using Vism 70 (hattha° and patta° using the hand or the bowl; but translated page 80: "hand-ascetic" and "bowl-ascetic"). 2. one who devotes himself to spiritual things, an earnest student, one who shows effort (in contemplation), a philosopher, wise man. The word does not occur in the four Nikāyas. In the older verses it is nearly synonymous with muni. The oldest reference is Thag 947 (pubbake yogī "Saints of other days" Mrs. Rh.D.). Frequent in Miln, e.g. past participle 2, 356 (yogi-jana); at pages 366, 393, 404, 417, 418 in old verses. Combined with yogāvacara Miln 366, 404. — Further passages are Nett 3, 10, 61; Vism 2, 14, 66, 71 (in verse), 150, 320, 373, 509, 620, 651, 696; As 195, 327.
yogin a. [ yuj-GinuR, yoga-ini vA ] 1 Connected or endowed with. 2 Possessed of magical powers. 3 Endowed or provided with, possessing. 4 Practising Yoga . — m. 1 A contemplative saint, a devotee, an ascetic; AtmOpamyena sarvatra samaM paSyati yorjuna . suKaM vA yadi vA duHKaM sa yogI paramo mataH Bg. 6. 32 ; see the sixth adhyāya inter alia ; sevADarmaH paramagahano yoginAmapyagamyaH Pt. 1. 285 ; baBUva yogI kila kArtavIryaH R. 6. 38. 2 A magician, sorcerer. 3 A follower of the Yoga system of philosophy. 4 N. of Yājñavalkya. 5 Of Arjuna. 6 Of Viṣṇu. 7 Of Śiva. 8 N. of a mixed caste. — nI 1 A female magician, witch, sorceress, fairy. 2 A female devotee. 3 N. of a class of female attendants on Śiva or Durgā; (they are usually said to be eight). 4 N. of Durgā. Comp. — iMdraH, -ISaH 1 the chief of saints. 2 N. of Yājñavalkya. — ISvarI the chief of magicians. — daMqaH a kind of reed. — nidrA light-sleep, wakefulness.