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Yana can refer to:

Yana (Buddhism), a Buddhist term (path).
Yana River, a river in eastern Russia.
Yana, Sierra Leone, a town in western Africa.
Yana, a part of Kisarazu city, Japan.
Yana people, a Native American people indigenous to north-central California.
Yana language, language of the Yana peoples.
Yana Gupta, an Indian actress.
Yana (name), a female Bulgarian given name, also commonly transcribed as Jana
Yana,Knife-Like, Flower Like, Like Nothing at All in the World

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Category: Disambiguation Yana is a Sanskrit word with a range of meanings including nouns such as vehicle, journey, and path; and verbs such as going, moving, riding, and marching. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... The Yana River (Ð¯Ð½Ð° in Russian), a river in Sakha in Russia, located between the Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east. ... Kisarazu (木更津市; -shi) is a city located in Chiba, Japan. ... Yana The Yana people were a group of Native Americans indigenous to Northern California in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains, on the western side of the range. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... Pre-contact distribution of the Yana language Yana is an extinct language isolate formerly spoken in north-central California between the Feather and Pit rivers in what is now Shasta and Tehama counties. ... Yana Gupta, model and actress, known for her cameo performances. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Lotsawa House \| Ngagyur Nyingma \| Nine Yanas (3192 words)
	The bodhisattva yana is the part of the mahayana that belongs to the vehicle of characteristics.
	These are the three outer classes of tantra: the yana of kriya tantra, the yana of charya tantra and the yana of yoga tantra.
	These are the three inner classes of tantra: the yana of mahayoga, the yana of anuyoga and the yana of atiyoga.

Aro - The Yanas (48 words)
	Ngak’chang Rinpoche recorded at the San Francisco Shambhala Center, April 2006.
	To learn more about the yanas, see ‘An uncommon perspective’.
	The subject matter of this essay is the yanas, although that term is only introduced at the end.

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