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āsaneti

āsana

nt

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

Analysis. āsana + iti; āsane + iti

Etymology. √ās + ana; from √ās 'sit'; Sanskrit āsana [ās]

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

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