asana

Meanings

1. A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
2. A moth of species Melese asana, of tropical South America.

1. Pterocarpus indicus (syn. Pterocarpus echinatus), found from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, the Solomon Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands.
2. The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.

1. Indian laurel, asna (Terminalia elliptica, syn. Terminalia tomentosa), Terminalia alata, of south and southeastern Asia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).