asana

See also: ásana and āsana

English

Etymology 1

The cobra position, a common asana

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːsənə/

Noun

asana (plural asanas)

1. 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 […]

Translations

a body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 姿勢 (zh), 姿势 (zh) (zīshì)

• Czech: ásana f
• Finnish: asana, asento (fi)
• German: Asana f

• Hungarian: ászana (hu)
• Korean: 체위 (ko) (chewi)
• Japanese: アーサナ
• Portuguese: asana m or f
• Russian: аса́на (ru) f (asána), а́сана (ru) f (ásana)
• Spanish: asana m

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit असन (asana).

Noun

asana (plural asanas)

1. Any of certain trees of genus Pterocarpus
   1. Pterocarpus indicus
   2. Pterocarpus echinatus.
2. The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.

Synonyms

• (Pterocarpus indicus): angsana
• (Pterocarpus echinatus): Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus

See also

• Category:en:Yoga poses

References

• 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

• Sana'a, Sanaa

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit आसन (āsana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈasa.na]
• Hyphenation: asa‧na

Noun

asana (first-person possessive asanaku, second-person possessive asanamu, third-person possessive asananya)

1. asana, a body position.

   Synonyms: pose, gerakan

2. seat, chair.
3. sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees.
4. (archaeology) related to definitions above.

Further reading

• “asana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsana/, [aˈsa.na]

Noun

asana m (plural asanas)

1. asana

Further reading

• “asana” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.