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A posture of the type adopted in the practice of hatha yoga; specifically a cross-legged, meditative posture typically assumed by the Buddha in iconographic depictions.
Late 19th century. Originally (i) from Sanskrit yogāsana (also with vernacular pronunciation yogāsan) particular seated meditation posture, in modern use also denoting yoga postures from yoga + āsana;.