Where does “निदिध्यासन” come from?

निदिध्यासन (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit नि, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

निदिध्यासन (Sanskrit): profound and repeated meditation

Definitions

  1. profound and repeated meditation

Ancestry of “निदिध्यासन”, step by step

निदिध्यासन traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit नि

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनिdown; back; in, into
2Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
3Proto-Indo-Europeannidown

via Sanskrit दिध्यासन

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदिध्यासन—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní →Every word from Sanskrit नि →