padmasana

padmasana

English

Babaji meditating in Padmasana position.

Alternative forms

• padmasan

Etymology

From Sanskrit पद्मासन (padmāsana, “lotus seat”), from पद्म (padma, “lotus”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /padˈmɑːsənə/

Noun

padmasana (uncountable)

1. (yoga) A pose in which one sits cross-legged with each foot sole-upwards on the opposite leg; the lotus position. [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 127:

     When he was a child of four, he sat in padmasan, his backbone a relaxed ninety degrees to the ground, for five or six hours while the singer or instrumentalist expounded a raga.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit पद्मासन (padmāsana, “lotus seat”), a compound of पद्म (padma, “lotus”) +‎ आसन (āsana, “asana”). Equal to padma +‎ asana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pat̚maˈsa.na]
• Hyphenation: pad‧ma‧sa‧na

Noun

padmasana (first-person possessive padmasanaku, second-person possessive padmasanamu, third-person possessive padmasananya)

1. throne

   Synonyms: takhta, singgasana

2. (Balinese, Hinduism) throne of deva in Balinese Hinduism temple.
3. (archaeology, literally) a lotus-shaped seat.
4. (archaeology) padmasana, the lotus position.

Further reading

• “padmasana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.