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Yodha

Yodha (योद्धा) is a 1991 Hindi action drama directed by Rahul Rawail, starring Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, and Danny Denzongpa; a box-office flop, distinct from the 2024 Hindi film of the same name.

Yodhajīva

Yodhajīva (योधजीव) was a village headman and professional soldier who asked the Buddha whether warriors slain in battle are reborn in heaven, then went for refuge as a lay follower.

Yodo-dono

Yodo-dono (淀殿), also called Chacha, was a Japanese noblewoman of the Sengoku era, consort of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of his heir Hideyori, dying in the 1615 fall of Osaka Castle.

Yodok concentration camp (요덕 제15호 관리소)

Yodok (Kwanliso No. 15, 요덕 제15호 관리소) was North Korea's most documented political prison camp in Yodok County, South Hamgyong, with a Total Control Zone and a unique Revolutionizing Zone; documented via testimony and satellite imagery, reportedly closed 2014–2019 and later converted to housing.

Yoel

Yoel, also spelled Joel or Ioel, was a king of Aksum who ruled in the late 6th and early 7th centuries and is known almost entirely from his coins.

Yoel Fink

Yoel Fink is an MIT materials scientist who pioneered multifunctional fibers integrating optics, electronics, and sensing, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025.

Yoel Gat

Yoel Gat (יואל גת) was an Israeli entrepreneur who co-founded Gilat Satellite Networks in 1987, led it as CEO until 2003, and later founded the satellite-chip maker SatixFy, dying in 2022.

Yoel Margalith

Yoel Margalith (1933–2011) was an Israeli biologist at Ben-Gurion University who, with Leonard Goldberg, discovered Bti in 1976, a biological control agent against mosquito larvae.

Yoel Romero

Yoel Romero (Yoel Romero Palacio) is a Cuban mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler, a 1999 world champion who won Olympic silver in 2000 before a UFC middleweight career.

Yoenis Céspedes

Yoenis Céspedes (La Potencia), Cuban outfielder born 1985 in Granma; MLB 2012-2020 with Athletics, Red Sox, Tigers, Mets; two-time Home Run Derby winner, 165 career home runs, 2015 Mets trade spark.

Yoftahe Negussie

Yoftahe Negussie (Amharic ዮፍታሔ ንጉሤ) was an Ethiopian playwright and poet, a founding figure of modern Amharic theater whose allegorical play Afajeshign, written before the 1935 Italian invasion, remains influential.

Yōfū-ga

Yōfū-ga (洋風画) is Japanese painting made before the Meiji period with Western methods, chiefly shading and perspective; its leading artists included Odano Naotake, Satake Shozan, and Shiba Kōkan.

Yoga (philosophy)

Yoga (योग), the darshana codified in Patanjali's Yogasutra (c. 2nd-4th century CE), defines yoga as chitta-vritti-nirodhah, stilling the mind's fluctuations via abhyasa and vairagya and the eight limbs, aiming at kaivalya; distinct from hatha and modern postural yoga, and from Samkhya by accepting Ishvara.

Yoga (योग)

Yoga (योग) is an Indian-origin mind-body practice of postures (asana), breathing (pranayama), and meditation; its modern postural form arose in the 19th-20th centuries, and research finds it generally as safe as exercise with modest wellness benefits.

Yoga Bar

Yoga Bar (Yogabar) is an Indian clean-label health-food brand by Sproutlife Foods, Bengaluru, founded by sisters Suhasini and Anindita Sampath; known for protein bars, muesli, and oats, and for ITC's 2023 phased acquisition of a 39.4% stake.

Yoga Hosers

Yoga Hosers (2016) is Kevin Smith's PG-13 comedy-horror film, second in the True North trilogy after Tusk, starring Lily-Rose Depp and Harley Quinn Smith as Winnipeg clerks fighting bratwurst Nazi monsters.

Yoga nidra (योग निद्रा)

Yoga nidra (योग निद्रा), or yogic sleep, is a guided practice of conscious deep rest lying in Savasana, systematized by Swami Satyananda Saraswati; studied for sleep, stress, anxiety, depression, and blood pressure.

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is a classical Sanskrit treatise of about 195 aphorisms in four chapters, defining yoga as the stilling of the mind's fluctuations.

Yogachara

Yogachara (Yogācāra, Cittamātra, Vijñānavāda), Indian Mahayana Buddhist school of mind-only idealism founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu; doctrine of eight consciousnesses, ālayavijñāna, three natures, and Dignāga-Dharmakīrti logic.

Yogaraja

Yogaraja (योगराज, "king of formulas") is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral powder recorded in the Caraka Samhita and the Ayurvedic Formulary of India for anemia, cough, tuberculosis, and poisoning.

Yogaraja Guggulu

Yogaraja Guggulu (योगराज गुग्गुलु), also Yogaraj Guggulu, is a classical Ayurvedic polyherbal tablet based on Commiphora wightii resin, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India at 3 g daily for amavata, agnimandya, and sandhigatavata, contraindicated in pregnancy.

Yogavasishtha

Yogavasishtha (योगवासिष्ठ), also known as the Mokṣopāya or Mahārāmāyaṇa, is a large Sanskrit philosophical poem in which the sage Vasiṣṭha teaches the young prince Rāma about non-duality, the illusory nature of the world, and liberation.

Yogender Chandoliya

Yogender Chandoliya is an Indian BJP politician who has represented North West Delhi in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving as mayor of North Delhi.

Yogendra Kanthi

Yogendra (Yogen) Kanthi is a vascular medicine physician-scientist and Lasker Clinical Research Scholar who leads the Laboratory of Vascular Thrombosis and Inflammation at NIH's NHLBI.

Yogendra Prasad

Yogendra Prasad is an Indian politician from Jharkhand and a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha minister who holds the Drinking Water and Sanitation and Excise and Prohibition portfolios.

Yogendra Rasa

Yogendra Rasa (Yogendra Ras), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasa aushadhi from Bhaishajyaratnawali: Rasasindura, gold, mica, iron, pearl, tin bhasmas with Aloe vera juice; AFI dose 125-250 mg; studied in stroke and cardiac hypertrophy.

Yogendra Singh Yadav (योगेन्द्र सिंह यादव)

Yogendra Singh Yadav (योगेन्द्र सिंह यादव), Indian Army Grenadiers soldier and Honorary Captain, youngest Param Vir Chakra recipient at 19 for the 1999 Tiger Hill assault in the Kargil War; wrongly reported dead, retired 2022, author of The Hero of Tiger Hill.

Yogendra Upadhyaya

Yogendra Upadhyaya, born 1955, is an Indian politician from Agra, Uttar Pradesh, and a BJP member serving as Higher Education minister; he has represented Agra South in the state assembly since 2012.

Yogendra Yadav (योगेंद्र यादव)

Yogendra Yadav (योगेंद्र यादव), born 1963, Indian political scientist and psephologist who built CSDS's Lokniti election-survey network, co-founded AAP, and leads Swaraj India.

Yogesh Kumar Joshi (योगेश कुमार जोशी)

Yogesh Kumar Joshi, retired Indian Army lieutenant general; commanded 13 JAK Rifles at Kargil 1999 (Points 5140, 4875, Vir Chakra); Northern Army Commander 2020-2022 during the Ladakh standoff.