asana

plural asanas

1. A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.

   Near-synonyms: pose, position, posture, stance

   1 more example

   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 […]

   1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 414

   Synonyms: pose, position, posture, stance

2. A moth of species Melese asana, of tropical South America.

plural asanas

1. Pterocarpus indicus (syn. Pterocarpus echinatus), found from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, the Solomon Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands.

   Synonyms: angsana, Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus

2. The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.

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