padmasana
English
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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)
- (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.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 127:
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)
- throne
- Synonyms: takhta, singgasana
- (Balinese, Hinduism) throne of deva in Balinese Hinduism temple.
- (archaeology, literally) a lotus-shaped seat.
- (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.