yana

IPA: jˈɑnʌ

Root Word: Yana

A female given name from the Slavic languages. A romanization of the Bulgarian or Russian name Я́на (Jána).
A river in Sakha (Yakutia), Russia that rises near Verkhoyansk and flows into the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea.
A member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.
The now extinct language of the Yana people, best known for a systematic differentiation between men's and women's speech.
(Buddhism) Any of the vehicles of Buddhist or Tantric practice.

Examples of "yana" in Sentences

Ai yei yai ya na ye he ye ye yi yan e ya qana ai ye yi yat yana
His Râmâyana which is an original composition and not a translation of
Matlomagan-yana, or the “Links”, is quite a chain of these never-failing springs.
We know the outcome from the beginning, but it did not spoil the unfolding of Tat'yana's tale.
Matlomagan-yana (the Links), extends its fertilizing influence beneath the plains of the Kalahari.
The character of Tat'yana is very strong, honest and she firmly believes in the fight for her country.
Ha ka yana, nagmamangno hiya han iya "rent-to-own fish cage" ngan nangangalayon la gihap hiya ha nauna niya nga gin tratrabahu-an.
Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism encompasses Vajrayana (a Sanskrit word that is a conjunction of vajra which may be translated as diamond, thunder or indestructible and yana or vehicle).
Thus, Chittamatra Followers of Scripture assert three ultimate vehicles of mind (mthar-thug theg-pa, ultimate vehicles) – shravaka-yana, pratyekabuddha-yana, and bodhisattva-yana.
_K [= a] mas [= u] tram_ (or _Kama Soutra_) of V [= a] tsy [= a] yana, which is nothing less than a handbook for libertines, of which it would be impossible even to print the table of contents.