āsana आसन

Definition: n. sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees, (five or, in other places, even eighty-four postures are enumerated;See padmāsana-, bhadrāsana-, vajrāsana-, vīrāsana-, svastikāsana-:the manner of sitting forming part of the eightfold observances of ascetics)


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