padmasana
UK/padˈmɑːsənə/
padmasana noun: a pose in which one sits cross-legged with each foot sole-upwards on the opposite leg; the lotus position.
Noun
padmasana (uncountable)
- 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
Adverb
padmasana (not comparable)
- In the padmasana pose.
- Iconographically - according to Rupamandana, Brahma is depicted as standing or sitting padmasana with four heads […]1982, T. N. Srinivasan, A Hand Book of South Indian Images: An Introduction to the Study of Hindu Iconography, Tirupati: Tirumalai-Tirupati Devasthanams, page 96
- One sculpture (P/27-R/4) on southern wall towards west of the gopura dvara shows a person sitting padmasana on Yoga danda.2004, G. Venkataramayya, Narrative Art of South Indian Temples: Srisailam, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, →ISBN, page 60
padmasana meaning in Bengali
padmasana in Bengali
- padmasana
- পদ্মাসন podmaśon
Examples of padmasana in a sentence
- There’s a little guy sitting padmasana on the hood, there in the middle of the concentric rings of cramped white letters.2011, Kip Manley, “Freeway”, in City of Roses, volume 1 (“Wake up…”), Supersticery Press, →ISBN, page 132:
- You could ask the guy stripped to the waist sitting padmasana in the centre of the castle courtyard but he’s otherwise engaged.2014, Colin Kirk, Life in Poetry, Xlibris LLC, →ISBN:
Forms of padmasana
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Origin of padmasana
From Sanskrit पद्मासन (padmāsana, “lotus seat”), from पद्म (padma, “lotus”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).
Questions about padmasana
- What does padmasana mean?
- Padmasana means a pose in which one sits cross-legged with each foot sole-upwards on the opposite leg; the lotus position.
- What is padmasana in Bengali?
- Padmasana in Bengali is পদ্মাসন (podmaśon). See Padmasana meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use padmasana in a sentence?
- There’s a little guy sitting padmasana on the hood, there in the middle of the concentric rings of cramped white letters.
- What part of speech is padmasana?
- Padmasana can be a noun or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce padmasana?
- Padmasana is pronounced /padˈmɑːsənə/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: padmasana (page history and authors); পদ্মাসন (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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