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asana

/ˈɑːsənə/

asana noun: a body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.

asana: a body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga
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Noun (1)

asana (plural asanas)

  1. A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
    • Near-synonyms: pose, position, posture, stance
    • 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 to cost her no effort at all, intoning the Aum […]1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 414
  2. A moth of species Melese asana, of tropical South America.

Noun (2)

asana (plural asanas)

  1. Pterocarpus indicus (syn. Pterocarpus echinatus), found from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, the Solomon Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands.
    Synonyms:
    angsana, Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus
  2. The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.

Noun (3)

asana

  1. (India) Indian laurel, asna (Terminalia elliptica, syn. Terminalia tomentosa), Terminalia alata, of south and southeastern Asia.

asana meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Punjabi

asana in Hindi

asana
आसन āsan

asana in Tamil

a body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga
ஆசனம் ācaṉam

asana in Punjabi

asana
ਆਸਣ āsaṇ

Synonyms of asana

All synonyms of asana

Forms of asana

pluralasanas

Origin of asana

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).

From Tagalog

Alteration of asna

Questions about asana

What does asana mean?
Asana means a body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
What is asana in Hindi?
Asana in Hindi is आसन (āsan). See Asana meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is asana?
Asana is a noun.
How do you pronounce asana?
Asana is pronounced /ˈɑːsənə/.
What is the plural of asana?
The plural of asana is asanas.

Words near asana in the dictionary

  1. asamodagam
  2. Asamoto
  3. Asamotos
  4. AsAms
  5. Asan
  6. asana
  7. asanas
  8. asanguineous
  9. asanguinous
  10. Asano
  11. Asanos

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: asana (page history and authors); आसन (Hindi) (page history and authors); ਆਸਣ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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