asana
English
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
a body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit असन (asana).
Noun
asana (plural asanas)
- Any of certain trees of genus Pterocarpus
- Pterocarpus indicus
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- The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.
Synonyms
- (Pterocarpus indicus): angsana
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See also
References
- Pterocarpus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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- “asana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
Further reading
- “asana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
Noun
asana m (plural asanas)
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