Home › Words › P › padmasanapadmasana/padˈmɑːsənə/padmasana means in the padmasana pose.padmasana is pronounced /padˈmɑːsənə/.EtymologyFrom Sanskrit पद्मासन (padmāsana, “lotus seat”), from पद्म (padma, “lotus”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).advIn the padmasana pose.e.g.“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:nounA pose in which one sits cross-legged with each foot sole-upwards on the opposite leg; the lotus position.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).