āsana आसन – seated posture; seat

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ā́sana ·n. ­ sitting, sitting down; the way of sitting (r.); sitting quiet, halting; seat, throne, high position.

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āsaná ·n. sitting, sitting down; the way of sitting (r.); sitting quiet, halting; seat, throne, high position.

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1. āsana, am, n. sitting, sitting down; sitting in peculiar postures, according to the custom of devotees, (five or, in other places, even eighty-four postures are enumerated; see padmāsana, bhadrāsana, vajrā- sana, vīrāsana, svastikāsana: the manner of sitting forming part of the eight-fold observances of ascetics); halting, stopping, encamping; abiding, dwelling; seat, place, stool; the withers of an ele- phant, the part where the driver sits; maintaining a post against an enemy; (ā), f. stay, abiding; (ī), f. stay, abiding, sitting; a shop, a stall; a small seat, a stool.

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2. āsana, am, n. throwing; (as), m., N. of a tree. See asana.

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āsana āsana, See under 4. ās and 2. āsa.

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1. āsana (von 2. ās) m.n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu P. 2,4,31. SIDDH. K. 249,a,9. TRIK. 3,5,11. Accent eines darauf ausg. comp. P. 6,2,151. 1〉 n. a〉 das Sitzen, Sichsetzen: sabhāsana KĀTY. ŚR. 4,15,33. śālāsana KĀTY. ŚR. 7,5,8. KĀTY. ŚR. 16,1,29. KĀTY. ŚR. 25,4,7. M. 6,22. M. 7,220. M. 11,180. M. 11,224. N. 2,4. sahāsana M. 8,281. sahakhaṭvāsana M. 8,357. die Art und Weise des Sitzens bildet einen Bestandtheil der achtgliedrigen Asketik AK. 2,7,39. H. 82. PRAB. 97,15. MADHUS._in_Ind. St. 1,22. es werden fünf (auch 84) Arten des Sitzens erwähnt; s. padmāsana, bhadrāsana, vajrāsana, vīrāsana und svastikāsana. — b〉 das Haltmachen (im Feldzuge), Beziehen eines Lagers AK. 2,8,1,18. H. 735. H. an. 2,357. MED. n. 36. M. 7,160—M. 7,162. M. 7,166. YĀJÑ. 1,346. PAÑCAT. 12,21. PAÑCAT. 153,9. HIT. 119,17. — c〉 das Sichaufhalten, Wohnen: rahaḥsthānāsanam M. 6,59. mātrā svasrā duhitrā vā na viviktāsano bhavet M. 2,215. — d〉 Sitz, Platz AK. 2,6,3,40. AK. 2,6,7,45. AK. 2,3,4,171. AK. 2,6,3,187. H. 684. H. an. MED. brahmayajamānayorāsane KĀTY. ŚR. 1,8,27. KĀTY. ŚR. 7,4,32. KĀTY. ŚR. 7,9,9. KĀTY. ŚR. 12,4,15. KĀTY. ŚR. 25,4,47. KAUŚ. 3. TAITT. UP. 1,11,3. āsaneṣūpaklapteṣu M. 3,208. KUMĀRAS. 7,12. śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ BHAG. 6,11. āsanaṃ cāsya — vyādideśa VIŚV. 2,2. saṃprāptāya tvatithaye pradadyādāsanodake M. 3,99. dadyāccaivāsanaṃ svakam M. 4,154. dattāsana R. 3,18,29. āsaneṣu vividheṣvāsīnāḥ N. 5,4. āsanastha M. 2,202. M. 2,119. śayyāsane 'dhyācarite preyasā ebend. āsanabandha das Sichsetzen RAGH. 2,6. āsanādutthāya ŚĀK. 28,8. prāgeva muktāsanaḥ ŚĀK. 63,16. prayatnamuktāsanā RAGH. 3,1. āsanebhyaḥ samutpetuḥ N. 3,15. bhinnam M. 4,69. praviddham R. 3,67,1. śilāsana adj. R. 3,15,12. rājāsaná P. 6,2,151, Sch. śakrāsana INDR. 2,20. mṛgendrāsana H. 61. übertr. auf das mit dem Sitze des Königs verbundene Amt, seine Stellung: rājño māhātmike sthāne sadyaḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate . prajānāṃ parirakṣārthamāsanaṃ cānnakāraṇam .. M. 5,94. amātyamukham — sthāpayedāsane tasminkhinnaḥ kāryekṣaṇe nṛṇām M. 7,141. Vgl. dharmāsana. — e〉 Widerrist des Elephanten, der Sitz des Führers, AK. 2,8,2,7. H. 1224. H. an. MED. — 2〉 f. ˚nā́ P. 3,3,107, Sch. VOP. 26,194. Aufenthalt AK. 3,3,21. H. 1498. — 3〉 f. ˚nī a〉 Aufenthalt MED. n. 37. — b〉 Sitz: upaviśyāsanīm KAUŚ. 3. — c〉 Bude, Laden H. an. 3,358. MED.

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2. āsana m. = 2. asana H. an. 3,358. MED. n. 37.

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3. āsana n. = kṣepaṇa Sch. zu DAŚAK. 62,2. Wohl nur Druckfehler für asana in der Note bei WILSON.

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1. āsana 1〉a〉 adadatā lubdhaprāyeṇa ca vigṛhyāsanam DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 180,22. Art und Weise des Sitzens (in der Askese) VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 127. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 130. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 11,a, N. 1. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 94,a, N. 2. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 102,b,12. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 233,b,7. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 234,a,14. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 236,a,31. fgg. — d〉 naranāthāsana Thron RĀJA-TAR. 4,309. — e〉 der Theil des Pferderückens, auf dem der Reiter sitzt, VARĀH. BṚH. S. 93,1. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 93,3. — Vgl. ardhāsana, kamalāsana, jalajāsana, nṛpāsana, bhadrāsana. mahāsana, śakrāsana, sahāsana, siṃhāsana.

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1. āsana 1〉a〉 über die verschiedenen Arten des Sitzens HEM. YOGAŚ. 4,123. fgg.

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2. *āsana m. = 2. asana.

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1. ā́sana (AV.) und āsaná (ŚAT. BR. 14) — 1〉 n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a〉 das Sitzen, Sichsetzen. — b〉 Art und Weise zu sitzen, Stellung beim Sitzen (von grosser Bedeutung bei religiösen Vertiefungen). — c〉 das Sichaufhalten, Verweilen an einem Orte AV. 20,127,8. — d〉 das Haltmachen (im Feldzuge), Beziehen eines Lagers. — e〉 Sitz ŚAT. BR. 14,9,1,7. — f〉 Thron eines Fürsten und die damit verbundene hohe Stellung. — g〉 der Theil des Pferderückens, auf dem der Reiter sitzt. — 2〉 *f. ā [Page1-194-b] Aufenthalt. — 3〉 f. ī — a〉 *Aufenthalt. — b〉 Sitz. — c〉 *Bude, Laden.

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1. ā́sana (AV.) und āsaná (ŚAT. BR. 14) — 1〉 n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a〉 das Sitzen, Sichsetzen. — b〉 Art und Weise zu sitzen, Stellung beim Sitzen (von grosser Bedeutung bei religiösen Vertiefungen). — c〉 das Sichaufhalten, Verweilen an einem Orte AV. 20,127,8. — d〉 das Haltmachen (im Feldzuge), Beziehen eines Lagers. — e〉 Sitz ŚAT. BR. 14,9,1,7. — f〉 Thron eines Fürsten und die damit verbundene hohe Stellung. — g〉 der Theil des Pferderückens, auf dem der Reiter sitzt. — 2〉 *f. ā [Page1-194-b] Aufenthalt. — 3〉 f. ī — a〉 *Aufenthalt. — b〉 Sitz. — c〉 *Bude, Laden.

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āsanaṃ [ās-lyuṭ] 1 Sitting down. 2 A seat, place, stool; sa vāsavenāsanasannikṛṣṭaṃ Ku. 3. 2; āsanaṃ muc to leave one's seat, rise; R. 3. 11. 3 A particular posture or mode of sitting; cf. padma˚, vīra˚, bhadra˚, vajra˚ &c. 4 Sitting down or halting, stopping, encamping. 5 Abiding, dwelling; Ms. 2. 245, Ms. 6. 59. 6 Any peculiar mode of sexual enjoyment ([Page 0267-c]) (84 such asanas are usually mentioned). 7 Maintaining a post against an enemy (opp. yānaṃ), one of the six modes of foreign policy; which are: -saṃdhirnā vigraho yānamāsanaṃ dvaidhamāśrayaḥ Ak.; pratibaddhaśaktyoḥ kālapratīkṣayā tūṣṇīmavasthānamāsanaṃ; parasparasya sāmarthyavighātādāsanaṃ smṛtaṃ Agni P.; Ms. 7. 160, Ms. 162, Ms. 166; Y. 1. 346; Pt. 3. 8 The front part of an elephant's body, withers. 9 Throwing (fr. as to throw). 10 N. of two trees (asana and jīvaka). — nā A seat, stool, stay. — nī 1 Stay, abiding, sitting. 2 A small seat or stool. 3 A shop, stall. Comp. — baṃdhadhīra a. resolute to sit down, firm in one's seat; niṣeduṣīmāsanabaṃdhadhīraḥ R. 2. 6.

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ā́sana u. āsaná n. das Sitzen, Sich setzen; die Art zu sitzen, der Sitz.

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āsana āsana n. (ās) action de s'asseoir; séance; session; halte; repos; retard, délai. Siége; lieu où l'on s'asseoit; poste; garrot de l'éléphant. Terminalia alata tomentosa, bot., cf. asana. — F. āsanā et āsanī, séjour, habitation; boutique, échoppe, étal.