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āsanena

āsana

nt instr sg of āsana (noun)

1. seat; chair; lit. sitting
2. sitting; sitting posture
3. altar

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  Reverses the direction of motion; the concrete sense is 'coming toward the speaker' which here frames the sitting as a settled, stable position.
• as — root · sit, settle
  Cognate with Latin sedēre 'sit,' English sit, and Sanskrit āsana; all descend from Indo-European *sed- 'to sit, settle.'
• ana — ending · abstract noun
  The suffix -ana forms neuter abstract nouns from verbal roots, here creating the noun 'sitting' or 'that which is sat upon,' i.e., 'seat.'

Etymology. From ā- (toward the speaker, reversing the direction of motion) + √ās (sit), cognate with Latin sedēre and English sit (both from Indo-European *sed-

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

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