| Term | Meaning or definition as related to yoga in Sanskrit or another language. |
| Danda | stick
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| Danda dhauti | one of the cleansing techniques (shatkarmas), used to clean the oesophagus with a stick.
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| Danta dhauti | teeth cleansing technique.
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| Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Janushirasana | Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose, often used in Bikram yoga.
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| Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Paschimottanasana | Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose, often used in Bikram yoga.
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| Dandayamana Dhanurasana | Standing Bow Pulling Pose, often used in Bikram yoga.
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| Dandayamana JanuShirasana | Standing Head to Knee Pose, often used in Bikram yoga.
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| Deva | a god or being.
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| Devi | additional name for the Great Mother.
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| Dhanurasana | bow pose, backward bending yoga pose, , often used in Bikram yoga.
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| Dharana | from the word dhri meaning "to hold firm", practice of concentration, or one-pointedness, sixth of the eight fold path in ashtanga yoga, the sixth of the eight stages of classical Yoga.
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| Dharma | duty, righteous path, self-discipline, work, duty, or destiny, the life of responsibility and right action.
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| Darshan | seeing a revered person or being either with physical sight or in vision.
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| Dhauti | second of the shatkarmas, cleansing technique of the eyes, ears, forehead, tongue, stomach, esophagus, rectum and anus.
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| Dhyana | meditation or contemplation, single-pointed focus of mind on either a form, thought or sound, quieting the mind, the seventh of the eight stages of classical Yoga.
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| Diksha | initiation given by a guru.
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| Dosha | the three humours of the body, see kapha, pitta, vata.
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| Dugdha neti | nasal irrigation or cleaning technique with milk.
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| Dukha | pleasure
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| Durga | goddess of truth. |
