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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)

Āsanayoga (आसनयोग) refers to the “yoga of the (four Buddha) thrones”, according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī by Vilāsavajra, which is a commentary on the Nāmasaṃgīti.—Accordingly, [while describing Ādibuddha]—“[The Sādhaka,] on generating the conviction that he himself is Mahāvairocana as [previously] described, via the yoga of the four Buddha-thrones (caturbuddha-āsanayoga), should visualise a moon-disc in his heart. Above that, transformed out of the syllable dhīḥ, [he should visualise] the lord, the Ādibuddha. [The Ādibuddha] has five faces (pañcānana > pañcamukha). [...]”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Āsanayōga (ಆಸನಯೋಗ):—[noun] a sitting posture, suitable for meditation.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Yoga, Asana.

Ends with: Shmashanayoga.

Full-text: Tiracanam, Dandasana, Dandadandakasana, Cukacanam, Cittacanam, Caturbuddha.

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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

Chapter XLIX - Discourse on Yoga and acts of piety < [Agastya Samhita]

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