āsan आसन् āsán n. (defective, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 63]), mouth, jaws, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [TBr.] ā-√ san P. (Impv. 2. sg. ā́-sanuhi, [AV. xiv, 2, 70]) to gain, obtain; (for 1. and āsanya See under 3. ās.) āsanā आसना ā́sanā (ā), f. stay, abiding, [L.] āsanī आसनी ā́sanī (ī), f. stay, abiding, sitting, [L.] a shop, a stall, [L.] a small seat, a stool, [Kauś.] āsana आसन ā́sana n. (but āsaná, [ŚBr.]) sitting, sitting down, [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees, (five or, in other places, even eighty-four postures are enumerated; see padmāsana, bhadrāsana, vajrāsana, vīrāsana, svastikāsana: the manner of sitting forming part of the eightfold observances of ascetics) halting, stopping, encamping abiding, dwelling, [AV. xx, 127, 8]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Hit.] &c. seat, place, stool, [KātyŚr.]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [Kum.]; [Mn.] &c. the withers of an elephant, the part where the driver sits, [L.] maintaining a post against an enemy = asana, Terminalia Tomentosa. See 2. √ ās. āsandī आसन्दी āsandī́ (ī́), f. a chair or stool (generally made of basket work), [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [TS.] &c. āsanda आसन्द m. (probably fr. √ sad), N. of Viṣṇu, [L.] āsanna आसन्न ā́-sanna mfn. seated down, set down, [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [AitBr.] near, proximate, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.]; [Megh.]; [Kathās.] &c. reached, obtained, occupied, [BhP.] ā́-sanna n. nearness, vicinity, proximity, [R.]; [Kathās.] &c. end, death, [L.] āsanya आसन्य āsanyà mfn. being in the mouth, [ŚBr. xiv, 4, 1, 8.] āsanīkṛ आसनीकृ āsan—°ī-√ 1. kṛ to make a seat of anything (e.g. of a lotus), [Kād.] āsanvat आसन्वत् āsan—vát mfn. having a mouth (?) showing the mouth present, [AV. vi, 12, 2.] āsanastha आसनस्थ āsana—stha mfn. abiding on a seat, sitting, [Mn.]; [Ratnāv.] āsandikā आसन्दिका f. a little chair, [Kād.] āsanniṣu आसन्निषु āsánn—iṣu (āsánn-), mfn. having arrows in the mouth, [RV. i, 84, 16.] āsanavidhi आसनविधि āsana—vidhi m. the ceremony of offering a seat to a visitor. āsandīsad आसन्दीसद् āsandī—sád mfn. sitting on a chair, [ŚBr. xii, 8, 3, 4.] āsandīvat आसन्दीवत् āsandī—vat m. N. of a country, [Pāṇ.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.] āsanabandha आसनबन्ध āsana—bandha m. the act of sitting down, [Ragh. ii, 6.] āsanapaṭṭi आसनपट्टि m. a flat seat, [KātyŚr.], Sch. āsannacara आसन्नचर ā-sanna—cara mfn. moving round about in the proximity, [Kum.] āsannakāla आसन्नकाल ā-sanna—kāla m. the hour of death ā-sanna—kāla mfn. one who has reached his time or hour (of death). āsannatara आसन्नतर ā-sanna—tara mfn. nearer āsanamantra आसनमन्त्र āsana—mantra m. a Mantra or sacred formula to be spoken at taking a seat, [T.] āsannakṣaya आसन्नक्षय ā-sanna—kṣaya mfn. one whose ruin is near. āsannayodhin आसन्नयोधिन् āsanna—yodhin mfn. (an arrow) employed in close fight, [MBh.] āsannakālika आसन्नकालिक āsanna—kālika mfn. near in time, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 20], Sch. āsannataratā आसन्नतरता ā-sanna—tara—tā f. greater nearness, [Hit.] āsannavartin आसन्नवर्तिन् ā-sanna—vartin mfn. being or abiding in the neighbourhood or vicinity, [Kathās.] āsannanivāsin आसन्ननिवासिन् ā-sanna—nivāsin mfn. living in the vicinity, a neighbour, [L.] āsannaprasavā आसन्नप्रसवा ā-sanna—prasavā f. a female (of an animal) whose (time of) parturition is near or who is about to bring forth (young ones), [Hit.]