yana

noun1

1. •
   Any of the vehicles of Buddhist or Tantric practice.

   • The Tibetan word for yana is thekpa, which means "that which lifts you up." Anything that lifts you up and takes you to your destination is a yana. — 2013

noun1

1. •
   A member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.