Pāli Dictionary

asana1

asrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

as1होना

Synonyms

āmisa, anna, khādana

Antonyms

anaya, anasana

general

  • खाना; भोजन करने की क्रिया

  • eating; the act of eating; feeding on

  • भोजन; खाद्य

  • food; nourishment

asana2

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

as1होना

Synonyms

sara, kaṇḍa, usu

general

  • तीर; बाण

  • an arrow; a shot missile

  • AN 4.45

    tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, evarūpo javo ahosi, seyyathā'pi nāma daḷhadhammo dhanuggaho sikkhito katahattho kat'ūpāsano lahukena asanena appakasirena tiriyaṃ tālacchāyaṃ atipāteyya.

asana3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • असन वृक्ष (Terminalia tomentosa), एक बड़ा काष्ठ वृक्ष

  • the asana tree (Terminalia tomentosa), a large timber tree

āsana

approximate

āsrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

ās1बैठो

Synonyms

pīṭha

Antonyms

anāsana

general

  • आसन; बैठने का स्थान; कुर्सी; सिंहासन

  • seat; place for sitting; chair; throne

  • बैठना; बैठने की क्रिया; बैठने की मुद्रा

  • sitting; sitting down; sitting posture

  • वेदी; बलि या पूजा का स्थान; आसन

  • altar; seat on which offerings are placed

āsa1

approximate

via inflected form āsāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

as1होना

general

  • फेंकने वाला; चलाने वाला (समास के अंत में, यथा issāsa ‘धनुर्धर’)

  • throwing; shooting; hurling (compound-final, e.g. issāsa ‘archer’)

āsa2

approximate

via inflected form āsāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

is1की इच्छा

Synonyms

bhojana

general

  • भोजन; आहार (तुलना pātarāsa ‘प्रातःराश’)

  • food; a meal (cf. pātarāsa ‘breakfast’, sāyamāsa ‘evening meal’)

  • DN 27

    atha kho tesaṃ, vāseṭṭha, sattānaṃ padālatāya antarahitāya akaṭṭhapāko sāli pāturahosi akaṇo athuso suddho sugandho taṇḍulapphalo. yaṃ taṃ sāyaṃ sāyam'āsāya āharanti, pāto taṃ hoti pakkaṃ paṭivirūḷhaṃ. yaṃ taṃ pāto pātarāsāya āharanti, sāyaṃ taṃ hoti pakkaṃ paṭivirūḷhaṃ, n'āpadānaṃ paññāyati.

āsa3

approximate

via inflected form āsāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

as1होना

Antonyms

nirāsa

mind

  • अभिलाषी; इच्छुक (समास के अंत में)

  • longing for; desirous of (compound-final)

  • Thag 13.1

    unnaḷassa pamattassa, bāhir'āsassa bhikkhuno, sīlaṃ samādhi paññā ca, pāripūriṃ na gacchati.

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