asana

Asana1

neuter stone, rock Ja.ii.91; Ja.v.131.

Vedic aśan(m)

Asana2

neuter eating, food; adj. eating Ja.i.472 (ghatâsana epithet of the fire; Ja.v.64 (id.) Usually in neg. form anasana fasting, famine, hunger Snp.311 (= khudā Snp-a.324); DN-a.i.139. See also nirasana.

cp. Sk. aśana of , cp. asati

Asana3

neuter the tree Pentaptera Tomentosa Ja.i.40 (as bodhi-tree of gotama); Ja.ii.91; Ja.v.420; Ja.vi.530.

Sk. asana

Asana4

neuter an arrow MN.i.82 = SN.i.62. Cp. asani.

cp. Sk. asanā, to asyati to hurl, throw