Part-I: Concept of Perception According to Ancient Texts and Modern Sciences and Part-II: Comparison of Bilateral Elbow Joint Position Sense in Yoga and Non Yoga Practitioners.

Abstract

The word ‘perception’, known by sanskåt terms as, ‘pratyakña’ and ‘aparokña’, where pratyakña denotes a pramäëa that leads to direct and valid knowledge, which exists, from Vedic age. Even though attempts have been made to determine the Vedic era through astronomy and style of language, they have failed due to lack of conclusive evidence. As perception is one of the methods of knowledge from sensory experience, which man shares with the lowest living beings, up to the transcendental perception of ultimate reality claimed by great mystics and seers of the world, it is seen in many of our ancient texts like Vedas, Upaniñads Bhagavad-géta Pataïjali and many schools of yoga.