asana

See also: ásana, āsana, and asaną

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 (fi), asento (fi)
• German: Asana f

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

Further reading

• asana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsɑnɑ/, [ˈɑs̠ɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑnɑ
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧na

Noun

asana

1. (yoga) asana

Declension

Inflection of asana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	asanani	asanamme
2nd person	asanasi	asananne
3rd person	asanansa

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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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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsa.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧na

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (āsana).

Noun

asana f

1. asana

Declension

Declension of asana

	singular	plural
nominative	asana	asany
genitive	asany	asan
dative	asanie	asanom
accusative	asanę	asany
instrumental	asaną	asanami
locative	asanie	asanach
vocative	asano	asany

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

asana m inan

1. genitive singular of asan

Further reading

• asana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• asana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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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