Vajrasana, Vajra-asana, Vajrāsana: 22 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVajrāsana (वज्रासन):—n.
1) ein diamantener Thron [Burnouf 387.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 458. 460.] [Vie de Hiouen-Thsang 139. fg.] —
2) Bez. einer best. Art zu sitzen [Oxforder Handschriften 11,a, Nalopākhyāna 1. 102,b,13. 20. 234,a,21.]
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Vajrāsana (वज्रासन):—
2) [Hemacandra] [Yogaśāstra 4, 123. 126.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Vajra, Asana.
Starts with: Vajrasanastha.
Ends with: Laghuvajrasana, Suptavajrasana, Suptordhvapadavajrasana.
Full-text (+12): Asana, Paryankasana, Vamsha, Gautama, Loha, Tapta, Salaka, Calayitva, Taptaloha, Asanasthita, Bhastra, Iron, Spine, Molten iron, Virasana, Pithipati, Bodh Gaya, Kamalasana, Vajra, Bodhimanda.
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
Vajrāsana and Siṃhāsana < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Triratna (triple refuge) < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 12 - Changing the surrounding ground into diamond < [Chapter LI - Seeing all the Buddha Fields]
Appendix 2 - The deity of the Bodhi tree (bodhivṛkṣadevatā) < [Chapter VI - The Great Bhikṣu Saṃgha]
IV. Supplementary explanations < [Part 2 - Understanding dharmatā and its synonyms]
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 12.3-4 < [Chapter 12 - Bhakti-yoga]
Verse 6.12 < [Chapter 6 - Dhyana-yoga]
Verse 8.4 < [Chapter 8 - Akshara-brahman-yoga]
The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 5b - The Separate Lineage (brgyud pa thor bu ba) < [Book 12 - Peace-Making Lineages]
Chapter 7 - Kālacakra lineage: Somanātha < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 12 - Teurapa (rte'u ra pa'i skabs) < [Book 14 - Great Compassion Cycle]
Sripura (Archaeological Survey) (by Bikash Chandra Pradhan)
Scultures of Buddhist Goddesses (3): Vajratara < [Chapter 3 - Sculptural Programme]
Scultures of Buddha in Bhusparsa-mudra < [Chapter 3 - Sculptural Programme]
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