आसन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (āsana).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.sən/, [äː.sɐ̃n]
Noun
आसन • (āsan) m (Urdu spelling آسَن)
- 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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 scripts
Noun
आसन n
- Devanagari script form of āsana
Declension
Declension table of "आसन" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- আসন (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬲᬦ (Balinese script)
- আসন (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰭𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- အာသန (Burmese script)
- આસન (Gujarati script)
- ਆਸਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌸𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦱꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂮𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಸನ (Kannada script)
- អាសន (Khmer script)
- ອາສນ (Lao script)
- ആസന (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘭𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠰᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧍𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐳𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଆସନ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢱꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆱𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖭𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ආසන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑪁𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚨𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஆஸந (Tamil script)
- ఆసన (Telugu script)
- อาสน (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ས་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒮𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨰𑨝 (Zanabazar Square 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 Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː.sɐ.nɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
आसन • (ā́sana or āsaná) stem, 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
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आसनम् (ā́sanam) | आसने (ā́sane) | आसनानि (ā́sanāni) आसना¹ (ā́sanā¹) |
| accusative | आसनम् (ā́sanam) | आसने (ā́sane) | आसनानि (ā́sanāni) आसना¹ (ā́sanā¹) |
| instrumental | आसनेन (ā́sanena) | आसनाभ्याम् (ā́sanābhyām) | आसनैः (ā́sanaiḥ) आसनेभिः¹ (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) |
| vocative | आसन (ā́sana) | आसने (ā́sane) | आसनानि (ā́sanāni) आसना¹ (ā́sanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आसनम् (āsanám) | आसने (āsané) | आसनानि (āsanā́ni) आसना¹ (āsanā́¹) |
| accusative | आसनम् (āsanám) | आसने (āsané) | आसनानि (āsanā́ni) आसना¹ (āsanā́¹) |
| instrumental | आसनेन (āsanéna) | आसनाभ्याम् (āsanā́bhyām) | आसनैः (āsanaíḥ) आसनेभिः¹ (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) |
| vocative | आसन (ā́sana) | आसने (ā́sane) | आसनानि (ā́sanāni) आसना¹ (ā́sanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Czech: ásana
- → English: asana
- → Finnish: asana
- → German: Asana
- → Hindi: आसन (āsan)
- → Hungarian: ászana
- → Old Javanese: āsana, sana
- → Odia: ଆସନ (āsana)
- → Punjabi: ਆਸਣ (āsaṇ)
- → 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 (2010–2025) “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, page 159.
- ^ Mallory, J. P. with 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