different between asana vs vinyasa

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??? (??sana, ?saná, “sitting down”), from ????? (??ste, “to sit down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?n?/

Noun

asana (plural asanas)

1. A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
   • 1978, 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 […]

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??? (asana).

Noun

asana (plural asanas)

1. Any of certain trees of genus Pterocarpus
   1. Pterocarpus indicus
   2. Pterocarpus echinatus.
2. The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.

Synonyms

• (Pterocarpus indicus): angsana
• (Pterocarpus echinatus): Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus

See also

• Category:en:Yoga poses

References

• Pterocarpus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pterocarpus at The Plant List
• asana in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. (supplement)
• asana at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Sana'a, Sanaa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (?sana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?asa.na]
• Hyphenation: asa?na

Noun

asana (first-person possessive asanaku, second-person possessive asanamu, third-person possessive asananya)

1. asana, a body position.

   Synonyms: pose, gerakan

2. seat, chair.
3. sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees.
4. (archaeology) related to definitions above.

Further reading

• “asana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?sana/, [a?sa.na]

Noun

asana m (plural asanas)

1. asana

Further reading

• “asana” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??????? (viny?sa, “disposition (of limbs)”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v?n?j??s?/

Noun

vinyasa (plural vinyasas)

1. (yoga) The transition between poses executed in succession, often timed with regular breathing. [from 20th c.]
2. A style of yoga based on a flow between sequential poses and coordinated breathing. [from 20th c.]

Anagrams

• Visayan