The Sanskrit term Abhyaśana can be transliterated into English as Abhyasana or Abhyashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Abhyasana (अभ्यसन) refers to the “performance of Yoga practice”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [Now], I will teach the practice of that, which produces absorption. Seated comfortably in a solitary place on an even seat, having been supported a little from behind, the gaze [held] steady at an arm’s length, the limbs relaxed and free from worry, do the practice (abhyasana). [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhyaśana (अभ्यशन).—Pervading, reaching to, gaining.

Derivable forms: abhyaśanam (अभ्यशनम्).

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Abhyasana (अभ्यसन).—

1) Repetition, repeated practice or exercise; ब्रह्मध्यानाभ्यसनविधिना (brahmadhyānābhyasanavidhinā) Bhartṛhari 3.41; स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनम् (svādhyāyābhyasanam) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 17.15.

2) Constant study, close application (to anything); (tāṃ) विद्यामभ्यसनेनेव प्रसादयितुमर्हसि (vidyāmabhyasaneneva prasādayitumarhasi) R.1.88; अनभ्यसनशीलस्य विद्येव तनुतां गता (anabhyasanaśīlasya vidyeva tanutāṃ gatā) Rām.

Derivable forms: abhyasanam (अभ्यसनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhyasana (अभ्यसन).—n.

(-naṃ) Frequent repetition, use, exercise, especially of the memory, learning by rote. E. abhi frequently, asa to throw or send, lyuṭ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhyasana (अभ्यसन).—i. e. abhi- 2. as + ana, n. Study, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 17, 15.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Abhyaśana (अभ्यशन):—[=abhy-aśana] [from abhy-aś] n. reaching to, gaining, [Nirukta, by Yāska]

2) Abhyasana (अभ्यसन):—[=abhy-asana] [from abhy-as] n. practice, exercise, [Rāmāyaṇa etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhyaśana (अभ्यशन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) Pervading, permeating; e. g. Yāska (in his explanation of diś): diśaḥ kasmāt . diśaterāsadanādapi vābhyaśanāt (Durga: abhyaśnuvate hyetāstaṃ tamarthaṃ prati); or the same: āśā diśo bhavantyāsadanādāśā upadiśo bhavantyabhyaśanāt (Durga: abhyaśnuvate hi tāḥ paraspareṇaiva). E. aś with abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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Abhyasana (अभ्यसन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) The same as (the more usual) abhyāsa q. v.; e. g. Bhagavadg.: anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ priyahitaṃ ca yat . svādhyāyābhyasanaṃ caiva vāṅmayaṃ tapa ucyate (Śaṅk.: …yathā śānto bhava vatsa svādhyāyaṃ yogaṃ cānutiṣṭha tathā te śreyo bhaviṣyatīti; Sadānanda: …yathā bho vatsa śāntastvaṃ bhava svādhyāyamācara . yogaṃ tathānutiṣṭha tvaṃ niḥśreyaste bhaviṣyati . yathāvidhyāgamābhyāso vāṅmayaṃ tapa ucyate; Arjunam.: svāº = vedābhyāsa; (comp. vyasana in the same sense, e. g. in this verse of the Hitop.: vipadi dhairyamathābhyudaye kṣamā sadasi vākpaṭutā yudhi vikramaḥ . yaśasi cābhirucirvyasanaṃ śrutau prakṛtisiddhamidaṃ hi mahātmanām); or Raghuv.: (‘reconcile to thee the cow by being constantly after her like as’…) vidyāmabhyasaneneva prasādayitumarhasi. E. as (cl. 4) with abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhyasana (अभ्यसन):—[abhya+sana] (naṃ) 1. n. Repetition; exercising; learning by rote.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Abhyasana (अभ्यसन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Abbhasaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Abhyashana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Abhyasana (ಅಭ್ಯಸನ):—[noun] the act of practice; a studying.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Asana.

Full-text: Abbhasana, Anabhyasana, Abhyasa.

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