Traditional The Three Yogas or Trimārga are three soteriological paths introduced in the Bhagavad Gita for the liberation of human spirit.
[1] They are: A "fourth yoga" is sometimes added: Hindu philosophers of the medieval period have tried to explain the nature of these three paths and the relation between them.
Shankara tended to focus on jñāna-yoga exclusively, which he interpreted as the acquisition of knowledge or vidya.
The fact that he wrote some of the most famous hymns for personal gods such as Shiva, Vishnu, Devi, Ganesha and Subrahmanya underlines his affinity to Bhakti-Yoga.
[citation needed] The 12th-century philosopher Ramanuja considered the three yogas by interpreting his predecessor Yamunacharya.