आसन
See also: आसान and आसानी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (āsana).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.sən/, [äː.s̪ə̃n̪]
Noun
आसन • (āsan) m
- sitting
- mode of sitting, posture, attitude, position
- seat, place, stool
- (Hinduism) a small carpet or deer-skin on which Hindus sit during prayer
- (yoga) asana
Declension
Declension of आसन (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | आसन āsan | आसन āsan |
oblique | आसन āsan | आसनों āsanõ |
vocative | आसन āsan | आसनो āsano |
References
- 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.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- āsana (Latin script)
- 𑀆𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi 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)
Noun
आसन n
- Devanagari script form of āsana
Declension
Declension table of "आसन" (neuter)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | आसनं (āsanaṃ) | आसनानि (āsanāni) |
Accusative (second) | आसनं (āsanaṃ) | आसनानि (āsanāni) |
Instrumental (third) | आसनेन (āsanena) | आसनेहि (āsanehi) or आसनेभि (āsanebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | आसनस्स (āsanassa) or आसनाय (āsanāya) or आसनत्थं (āsanatthaṃ) | आसनानं (āsanānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | आसनस्मा (āsanasmā) or आसनम्हा (āsanamhā) or आसना (āsanā) | आसनेहि (āsanehi) or आसनेभि (āsanebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | आसनस्स (āsanassa) | आसनानं (āsanānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | आसनस्मिं (āsanasmiṃ) or आसनम्हि (āsanamhi) or आसने (āsane) | आसनेसु (āsanesu) |
Vocative (calling) | आसन (āsana) | आसनानि (āsanāni) |
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬆᬲᬦ (Balinese script)
- আসন (Assamese script)
- আসন (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰭𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌆𑌸𑌨 (Grantha script)
- આસન (Gujarati script)
- ਆਸਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦴꦱꦤ (Javanese script)
- អាសន (Khmer script)
- ಆಸನ (Kannada script)
- ອາສນ (Lao script)
- ആസന (Malayalam script)
- 𑘁𑘭𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠰᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- အာသန (Burmese script)
- 𑦡𑧍𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐳𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଆସନ (Oriya script)
- ꢃꢱꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆱𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖭𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ආසන (Sinhalese script)
- ఆసన (Telugu script)
- อาสน (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ས་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒮𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”) + -अन (-ana), 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]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑ́ː.sɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː.sɐ.nɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
आसन • (ā́sana or āsaná) n
- seat, chair
- a comfortable position
- sitting, sitting down, the way of sitting
- sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees
- halting, stopping, encamping
- abiding, dwelling
- seat, place, stool
- the withers of an elephant, the part where the driver sits
- maintaining a post against an enemy
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of आसन (ā́sana) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | आसनम् ā́sanam | आसने ā́sane | आसनानि / आसना¹ ā́sanāni / ā́sanā¹ |
Vocative | आसन ā́sana | आसने ā́sane | आसनानि / आसना¹ ā́sanāni / ā́sanā¹ |
Accusative | आसनम् ā́sanam | आसने ā́sane | आसनानि / आसना¹ ā́sanāni / ā́sanā¹ |
Instrumental | आसनेन ā́sanena | आसनाभ्याम् ā́sanābhyām | आसनैः / आसनेभिः¹ ā́sanaiḥ / ā́sanebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | आसनाय ā́sanāya | आसनाभ्याम् ā́sanābhyām | आसनेभ्यः ā́sanebhyaḥ |
Ablative | आसनात् ā́sanāt | आसनाभ्याम् ā́sanābhyām | आसनेभ्यः ā́sanebhyaḥ |
Genitive | आसनस्य ā́sanasya | आसनयोः ā́sanayoḥ | आसनानाम् ā́sanānām |
Locative | आसने ā́sane | आसनयोः ā́sanayoḥ | आसनेषु ā́saneṣu |
Notes |
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Neuter a-stem declension of आसन (āsaná) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | आसनम् āsanám | आसने āsané | आसनानि / आसना¹ āsanā́ni / āsanā́¹ |
Vocative | आसन ā́sana | आसने ā́sane | आसनानि / आसना¹ ā́sanāni / ā́sanā¹ |
Accusative | आसनम् āsanám | आसने āsané | आसनानि / आसना¹ āsanā́ni / āsanā́¹ |
Instrumental | आसनेन āsanéna | आसनाभ्याम् āsanā́bhyām | आसनैः / आसनेभिः¹ āsanaíḥ / āsanébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | आसनाय āsanā́ya | आसनाभ्याम् āsanā́bhyām | आसनेभ्यः āsanébhyaḥ |
Ablative | आसनात् āsanā́t | आसनाभ्याम् āsanā́bhyām | आसनेभ्यः āsanébhyaḥ |
Genitive | आसनस्य āsanásya | आसनयोः āsanáyoḥ | आसनानाम् āsanā́nām |
Locative | आसने āsané | आसनयोः āsanáyoḥ | आसनेषु āsanéṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- → Czech: ásana
- → English: asana
- → Finnish: asana
- → German: Asana
- → Hindi: आसन (āsan)
- → Hungarian: ászana
- → Russian: асана (asana)
- → Telugu: ఆసనము (āsanamu)
- → Tocharian A: āsāṃ
- → Tocharian A: āsäñc
- → Tocharian B: asāṃ
- → Chinese: 阿薩曩/阿萨曩
References
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “āsana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- “आसन” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 70.
- Monier Williams (1899), “आसन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 159.
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296