Asana
Asana
(), a man (or place) whose “sons” (servants of the Temple) returned from the captivity (1 Esdr. v, 31); evidently the ASNAH SEE ASNAH (q.v.) of Ezr 2:50, rather than the ASHNAH SEE ASHNAH (q.v.) of Jos 15:33 or 43.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Asana
ASANA (1Es 5:31).His descendants were among the temple servants or Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel; called Asnah in Ezr 2:50 [Neh. omits].
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Asana
asa-na (, Asana, Assana) = Asnah (Ezr 2:50); omitted in Nehemiah. The sons of Asana (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (1 Esdras 5:31).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Asana
(Skr.) “Sitting”; posture, an accessory to the proper discipline of mind and thinking deemed important by the Yoga and other systems of Indian philosophy, according to psycho-physical presuppositions. — K.F.L.