Canonical Ref: YS 1.10
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अभावप्रत्ययालम्बना वृत्तिर्निद्रा
English Scholarly Translation
That mental modification supported by cognition of nothingness is sleep
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
The transformation (vṛttiḥ) of sleep (nidrā) is grounded (ālambanā) in the absence (abhāva) of mental dispositions (pratyaya)
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Pātañjala Yoga Sūtras, YS 1.10. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.