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| | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== |
| − | | + | From {{etyl|sa}} {{term|lang=sa|आसन||sitting down}}, from {{term|lang=sa|आस||to sit down}}. |
| − | From {{etyl|sa}} {{term|lang=sa|आसन||sitting down}} < {{term|lang=sa|आस||to sit down}} | |
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| | ===Noun=== | | ===Noun=== |
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| | # A [[body]] [[position]], typically associated with the practice of [[yoga]]. | | # A [[body]] [[position]], typically associated with the practice of [[yoga]]. |
| − | | + | #*'''1978''', {{w|Lawrence Durrell}}, ''Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet''), p. 414: |
| | + | #*:She had taught him several yoga '''''asanas''''' and now every morning he obediently performed them while he thought of her sitting somewhere out among the olives beyond the tower in the lotus pose which seemed to cost her no effort at all, intoning the Aum [...]. |
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| | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
| | {{trans-top|a body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga}} | | {{trans-top|a body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga}} |
