āsana

sitting, sitting down; a seat, throne MN.i.469; Vin.i.272 (= pallankassa okāsa); SN.i.46 (ek sitting alone, a solitary seat); AN.iii.389 (an˚ without a seat); Snp.338, Snp.718, Snp.810, Snp.981; Mnd.131; Ja.iv.435 (āsān ûdaka-dāyin giving seat & drink); Ja.v.403 (identical); Ja.vi.413 Dhp-a.ii.31 (dhamm˚ the preacher’s seat or throne) Snp-a.401 Pv-a.16 Pv-a.23 Pv-a.141

  • -ābhihara gift or distinction of the seat Ja.i.81.
  • -ūpagata endowed with a seat, sitting down Snp.708 (= nisinna Snp-a.495).
  • -paññāpaka one who appoints seats Vin.ii.305.
  • -paṭikkhitta one who rejects all seats, or objects to sitting down DN.i.167; AN.i.296; AN.ii.206; Pp.55.
  • -sālā a hall with seating accommodation Vism.69; Dhp-a.ii.65; Dhp-a.iv.46.

from āsati

Āsana2

(?) eating Vism.116 (visam˚, cp. visam-āsita Mil.302). See, however, māsana.