āsana

See also: asana, ásana, and asaną

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /asa.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Homophones: asana, aśana
  • Hyphenation: āsa‧na

Noun

āsana

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

Alternative forms

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 forms
  • 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 \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)āsanaṃāsanāni
Accusative (second)āsanaṃāsanāni
Instrumental (third)āsanenaāsanehi or āsanebhi
Dative (fourth)āsanassa or āsanāya or āsanatthaṃāsanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)āsanasmā or āsanamhā or āsanāāsanehi or āsanebhi
Genitive (sixth)āsanassaāsanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)āsanasmiṃ or āsanamhi or āsaneāsanesu
Vocative (calling)āsanaāsanāni

Derived terms

References
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