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senāsanāni

senāsana

nt nom pl of senāsana (noun); nt acc pl of senāsana (noun); nt voc pl of senāsana (noun)

1. housing; living place; lodging; accommodation; lit. bed and chair
2. furniture; piece of furniture; lit. bed and chair

Built from

• se — prefix · with
  Instrumental form of sa 'with', emphasizing togetherness or accompaniment in the context of furnishings.
• nās — stem · sitting place
  Related to √ās 'sit' (PIE *h₂sed-), cognate with English sit, Latin sedēs, Sanskrit āsana. The suffix -ana forms agent or place nouns.
• ana — ending · place, thing
  Nominalizing suffix forming abstract nouns and place nouns from verb roots, here marking the location or object of sitting.
• āni — ending · neuter plural
  Neuter nominative, accusative, and vocative plural ending in Pali, marking three cases of the plural form.

Analysis. senāsana is a compound of se (instrumental form of sa, 'with') + nāsana (from √ās 'sit'), literally 'sitting together with (furniture)', hence a place for sitting and resting, extended to lodging and accommodation.

Etymology. The word is a dvandva compound pairing seyyā 'bed' (from √śī 'lie') with āsana 'seat' (from √ās 'sit'). The first element reflects Proto-Indo-European *sed- (sit, settle), cognate with English sit, Latin sedēs, Sanskrit āsana. The notion of 'lodging' arises from the combined furniture that makes a dwelling place.

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

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