/ˈɑːsənə/
OriginBorrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).
- A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
“She had taught him several yoga asanas and now every morning he obediently performed them while he thought of her sitting somewhere out among the olives beyond the tower in the lotus pose which seemed”
- A moth of species Melese asana, of tropical South America.
- Pterocarpus indicus (syn. Pterocarpus echinatus), found from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, the Solomon Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands.
- The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.
- IndiaIndian laurel, asna (Terminalia elliptica, syn. Terminalia tomentosa), Terminalia alata, of south and southeastern Asia.
Formsasanas(plural)