# आसन
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (āsana).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /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
### 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

* 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
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* 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).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑ́ː.sɐ.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑː.sɐ.nɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɑː.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

#### Descendants

* → Czech: ásana
* → English: asana
* → Finnish: asana
* → German: Asana
* → Hindi: आसन (āsan)
* → Hungarian: ászana
* → Old Javanese: āsana, sana
** Javanese: ꦱꦤ (sana), ꦱꦱꦤ (sasana)
** → Balinese: ᬆᬲᬦ (asana, “posture”)
* → 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 (2010-2024) “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