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ĀSana : Buddhist Terms
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Posture in meditation. For a list of those most common in Bsm. and Bst. art see Gordon, The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism, p. 24 (1939). Dhyānāsana, the posture of meditation with the soles of the feet visible on either thigh, is used...
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āSana : Hindu Terms
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seat, throne; sitting position for meditation; posture; bodily position or posture in the system of Hatha Yoga of which there are several dozens, with many variations; one of the in Patañjali’s yoga, probably referring simply to a suitable...
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Asana, Sanskrit for "sitting posture" (asanam is 'sitting' or 'ass' / aste is 'he sits'), is a body position, typically associated with the practice of Yoga, intended primarily to restore and maintain a practitioner's well-being, improve the body's...


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