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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
asana (plural asanas)
- A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 414:
- She had taught him several yoga asanas and now every morning he obediently performed them while he thought of her sitting somewhere out among the olives beyond the tower in the lotus pose which seemed to cost her no effort at all, intoning the Aum […]
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 414:
Translations[edit]
a body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga
Further reading[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit असन (asana).
Noun[edit]
asana (plural asanas)
- Any of certain trees of genus Pterocarpus
- The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Pterocarpus indicus): angsana
- (Pterocarpus echinatus): Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Pterocarpus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pterocarpus at The Plant List
- “asana” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. (supplement)
- asana at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
asana
- (yoga) asana
Declension[edit]
Inflection of asana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | asana | asanat | |
genitive | asanan | asanoiden asanoitten | |
partitive | asanaa | asanoita | |
illative | asanaan | asanoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | asana | asanat | |
accusative | nom. | asana | asanat |
gen. | asanan | ||
genitive | asanan | asanoiden asanoitten asanainrare | |
partitive | asanaa | asanoita | |
inessive | asanassa | asanoissa | |
elative | asanasta | asanoista | |
illative | asanaan | asanoihin | |
adessive | asanalla | asanoilla | |
ablative | asanalta | asanoilta | |
allative | asanalle | asanoille | |
essive | asanana | asanoina | |
translative | asanaksi | asanoiksi | |
instructive | — | asanoin | |
abessive | asanatta | asanoitta | |
comitative | — | asanoineen |
Possessive forms of asana (type kulkija) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | asanani | asanamme |
2nd person | asanasi | asananne |
3rd person | asanansa |
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
asana (first-person possessive asanaku, second-person possessive asanamu, third-person possessive asananya)
- asana, a body position.
- seat, chair.
- sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees.
- (archaeology) related to definitions above.
Further reading[edit]
- “asana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (āsana).
Noun[edit]
asana f
Declension[edit]
Declension of asana
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
asana m inan
Further reading[edit]
- asana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- asana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
asana m (plural asanas)
Further reading[edit]
- “asana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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