పద్మాసనము

Telugu

Alternative forms

పద్మాసనం (padmāsanaṃ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit पद्म (padma, “lotus”) + आसन (āsana, “seat, chair; sitting, way of sitting”) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Noun

పద్మాసనము • (padmāsanamu) ? (plural పద్మాసనములు)

(yoga) A sitting posture (lotus position) used in religious meditation in which the Buddha statues are represented. It is so called because Vishnu is represented in that posture when throned on a lotus.

References

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadict.pl?page=707&table=brown&display=utf8

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