शवासन
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শৱাসন (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬯᬵᬲᬦ (Balinese script)
- শবাসন (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰪𑰯𑰭𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ၐဝါသန (Burmese script)
- શવાસન (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਵਾਸਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦮꦴꦱꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂫𑂰𑂮𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಶವಾಸನ (Kannada script)
- ឝវាសន (Khmer script)
- ຨວາສນ (Lao script)
- ശവാസന (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘪𑘰𑘭𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᠸᠠᢗᠰᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧊𑧑𑧍𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐰𑐵𑐳𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଶଵାସନ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢮꢵꢱꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆮𑆳𑆱𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖪𑖯𑖭𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ශවාසන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩾𑩛𑪁𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚦𑚭𑚨𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஶவாஸந (Tamil script)
- శవాసన (Telugu script)
- ศวาสน (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཝཱ་ས་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒫𑒰𑒮𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨭𑨊𑨰𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From शव (śava, “corpse”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ʋɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
शवासन • (śavāsana) stem, ?
- (yoga) A resting pose in which one lies flat on one's back with the arms and legs slightly spread and eyes closed. [from 15th c.]
Descendants
- → English: shavasana
Further reading
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “शवासन”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016