āsana

See also: asana, ásana, and asaną

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (āsana, “seat, chair”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Homophones: asana, aśana
• Hyphenation: ā‧sa‧na

Noun

āsana

1. sitting
2. seat
3. dwelling
4. posture (of seating)

Alternative forms

• sana

Derived terms

• makāsana
• yāna sāsana
• yānāsana

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦤ (sana), ꦱꦱꦤ (sasana)
• → Balinese: ᬆᬲᬦ (asana, “posture”)

Further reading

• "āsana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀆𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• आसन (Devanagari script)
• আসন (Bengali script)
• ආසන (Sinhalese script)
• အာသန or ဢႃသၼ (Burmese script)
• อาสน or อาสะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩣᩈᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ອາສນ or ອາສະນະ (Lao script)
• អាសន (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄂𑄥𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आसन (āsana).

Noun

āsana n

1. sitting, sitting down
2. seat, throne

Declension

Declension table of "āsana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	āsanaṃ	āsanāni
Accusative (second)	āsanaṃ	āsanāni
Instrumental (third)	āsanena	āsanehi or āsanebhi
Dative (fourth)	āsanassa or āsanāya or āsanatthaṃ	āsanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	āsanasmā or āsanamhā or āsanā	āsanehi or āsanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	āsanassa	āsanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	āsanasmiṃ or āsanamhi or āsane	āsanesu
Vocative (calling)	āsana	āsanāni

Derived terms

• senāsana

References

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.