English Meaning of asana

Meaning of 'asana'

n (S) A seat gen.; a stool, chair, couch, carpet, mat: also a means of conveyance; a horse, bullock, bird, rat &c. (as the bird and rat of visnu & ganapati). 2 Continuing in some posture or attitude (as do the Yogis in their devotional exercises): also such posture or attitude, of which eighty-four are enumerated. 3 A column or division of a page. 4 A seat on horseback. a0 olakhane To know his rider--a horse. ṃa0 gundalane To pack up and move off. ṃa0 ghalane To take up some sitting posture, esp. ṃasanamandi. a0 jada hone g. of s. To sit fast; to love the sitting posture. 2 To be lifted up; to be elated with pride. ṃa0 jamane g. of s. To become firmly seated or fixed. 2 To gather densely and fixedly--clouds. Also ṃa0 jamavine To form one's seat. ṃa0 jodana To squat. ṃa0 tharane g. of s. To get a seat on horseback. ṃa0 thevane To mount (a horse &c.) ṃa0 dalamalane g. of s. To totter in one's seat, lit. fig. 2 To be restless and fidgety. ṃa0 dhalane g. of s. To lose one's seat, footing, standing, hold. ṃa0 padane g. of s. To obtain a (seat or fixedness in or at) footing. ṃa0 basane g. of s. To get a seat (upon horseback). ṃa0 rundavane g. of s. Also ṃa0 vadhane g. of s. To get fat, broad, and burly. 2 fig. To acquire greatness and a swelling train. ṃa0 sodane To leave one's proper position, place, or province. ṃasani nkhelane To play or stir or revel freely in its own njhada or occupied subject--a devil or fiend. 2 To play pranks and tricks on one's own ground, with one's own means &c. asani ṃyene To come round to one's original position.ṃ

Meaning of आसन

n (S) A seat gen.; a stool, chair, couch, carpet, mat: also a means of conveyance; a horse, bullock, bird, rat &c. (as the bird and rat of विष्णु & गणपति). 2 Continuing in some posture or attitude (as do the Yogís in their devotional exercises): also such posture or attitude, of which eighty-four are enumerated. 3 A column or division of a page. 4 A seat on horseback. आ0 ओळखणें To know his rider--a horse. आ0 गुंडाळणें To pack up and move off. आ0 घालणें To take up some sitting posture, esp. आसनमांडी. आ0 जड होणें g. of s. To sit fast; to love the sitting posture. 2 To be lifted up; to be elated with pride. आ0 जमणें g. of s. To become firmly seated or fixed. 2 To gather densely and fixedly--clouds. Also आ0 जमविणें To form one's seat. आ0 जोडणं To squat. आ0 ठरणें g. of s. To get a seat on horseback. आ0 ठेवणें To mount (a horse &c.) आ0 डळमळणें g. of s. To totter in one's seat, lit. fig. 2 To be restless and fidgety. आ0 ढळणें g. of s. To lose one's seat, footing, standing, hold. आ0 पडणें g. of s. To obtain a (seat or fixedness in or at) footing. आ0 बसणें g. of s. To get a seat (upon horseback). आ0 रुंदावणें g. of s. Also आ0 वाढणें g. of s. To get fat, broad, and burly. 2 fig. To acquire greatness and a swelling train. आ0 सोडणें To leave one's proper position, place, or province. आसनीं खेळणें To play or stir or revel freely in its own झाड or occupied subject--a devil or fiend. 2 To play pranks and tricks on one's own ground, with one's own means &c. आसनीं येणें To come round to one's original position.

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