आसन

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (āsana).

• IPA^(key): /ɑː.sən/

आसन • (āsan) m

1. sitting
2. mode of sitting, posture, attitude, position
3. seat, place, stool
   1. (Hinduism) a small carpet or deer-skin on which Hindus sit during prayer.
4. (yoga) asana

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आसन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “आसन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

आसन n

1. Devanagari script form of āsana

From आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hā́stay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́stay, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ḗsti, from *h₁ēs- (whence Sanskrit आस् (ās)). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἧμαι (hêmai, “to be seated”), Hittite [script needed] (ēša), Hittite [script needed] (āšzi).[1]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

आसन • (ā́sana or āsaná) n

1. seat, chair
2. a comfortable position
3. sitting, sitting down, the way of sitting
4. sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees
5. halting, stopping, encamping
6. abiding, dwelling
7. seat, place, stool
8. the withers of an elephant, the part where the driver sits
9. maintaining a post against an enemy

• → Czech: ásana
• → English: asana
• → Finnish: asana
• → German: Asana
• → Hindi: आसन (āsan)
• → Hungarian: ászana
• → Russian: асана (asana)
• → Telugu: ఆసనము (āsanamu)
• → Chinese: 阿薩曩

• “आसन” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, OCLC 186102264, page 70.
• Monier Williams (1899), “आसन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 159.