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padmasan

padmasan is the alternative form of padmasana.

Meaning of padmasana

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.
    • 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, published 2013, page 127

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What is padmasan the alternative form of?
Padmasan is the alternative form of padmasana.

Words near padmasan in the dictionary

  1. padmaite
  2. Padmaja
  3. Padmapāṇi
  4. padmas
  5. Padmasambhava
  6. padmasan
  7. padmasana
  8. Padmavati
  9. padmelon
  10. padmelons
  11. Padmini

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