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āsanaṁ

āsana

accusative singular neuter of āsana

1. seat, bench, or cushion
2. posture or meditation posture
3. dwelling place

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  Reverses motion verbs and marks approach or orientation: here, "toward a place to sit."
• san/seat — root · sit
  From the ancient root √sate (to sit); cognate with Latin sedēre (sit), English sit, German sitzen. In Pali it appears as √sate in the present stem and is used to form nouns of place and action.
• a — ending · neuter nominative stem
  Marks the nominative singular stem of neuter nouns in the a-declension; -aṁ is the accusative singular ending showing the noun is the direct object here.

Analysis. ā + √sate (sit); the prefix ā-

Etymology. composed of ā- (toward) + √sate (to sit), giving "a place one sits in" or "a place to sit toward". Not to be confused with Sanskrit āsana (posture in yoga), though the borrowing into modern yoga terminology may derive from Pali via Sanskrit. The root √sate cognates with Latin sedeo (sit), English sit.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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