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āsana

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.