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ASANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("asana" is a kind of...):
attitude; position; posture (the arrangement of the body and its limbs)
Domain category:
Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "asana"):
matsyendra ((Hinduism) a religious posture)
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