Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

padmāsana पद्मासन – padmāsana; lotus posture

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

padmāsana; lotus posture

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

padmāsana1 ·n. lotus-seat.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

padmāsana2 ·m. E. of Brahman (the lotus-seated).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

—Padmāsana (˚ma-ās˚), am, n. a lotus-seat, a seat or throne in the shape of a lotus, especially one on which idols are placed; a particular posture in religious meditation, sitting with the thighs crossed with one hand resting on the left thigh, the other held up with the thumb upon the heart, and the eyes directed to the tip of the nose; a kind of coitus; (as, ā, am), ‘sitting in a lotus,’ an epithet of Brahmā; of Śiva; of the goddess Manasā; sitting in the position called Padmāsana; (as), m. the sun.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

2. padmāsana (wie eben) 1〉 adj. f. ā in einer Wasserrose sitzend, von Brahman VP._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. No. 109. von Śiva ŚIV. yā tu padmāsanā devī tāṃ pṛthvīṃ paricakṣate HARIV. 11446. von der Göttin Manasā ŚKDR. u. padmodbhavā. Vgl. kamalāsana. — 2〉 adj. auf die padmāsana (s. 1. padmāsana 2.) genannte Art sitzend; davon nom. abstr. ˚tā f. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 92,a,7. — 3〉 m. die Sonne WILS.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

1. padmāsana (padma + āsana) n. 1〉 eine Wasserrose als Sitz: ˚sthāya pitāmahāya KUMĀRAS. 7,86. lakṣmīḥ — padmāsane sthitā HARIV. 14027. — 2〉 eine best. Art zu sitzen der beschaulichen Asketen: savyaṃ pādamupādāya dakṣiṇopari nyasettataḥ . tathaiva dakṣiṇaṃ savyasyopariṣṭādvidhānavit .. padmāsanamiti proktaṃ japakarmasu śasyate . ŚĀKTĀNANDAT._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 102,b,13. fgg. ūrvorupari vinyasya samyakpādatale ubhe . aṅguṣṭhau ca nibadhnīyāddhastābhyāṃ vyutkramāttathā .. padyāsanamiti proktaṃ yogināṃ hṛdayaṃgamam . TANTRASĀRA_im_ŚKDR. u. āsana. himagiriśilābaddha˚ Spr. 808. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 89,b,9. VET. in LA. 13,7. — 3〉 eine Art Coitus Ind. St. 2,47, N. 2.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. padmāsana 2〉 HEM. YOGAŚ. 4,128.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

2. padmāsana — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 auf oder in einer Wasserrose sitzend. — b〉 auf die Padmāsana (1. padmāsana 2〉) genannte Art sitzend. Nom. abstr. [Page4-025-c] ˚tā f. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Bein. Brahmanʼs. — b〉 *die Sonne. — 3〉 *f. ā Bein. der Göttin Manasā.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

1. padmāsana n. — 1〉 eine Wasserrose als Sitz. — 2〉 eine best. Art zu sitzen bei den Asketen. — 3〉 quidam coeundi modus.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. padmāsana m. in einem Lotus sitzend; Bein. Brahman's.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

1. padmāsana n. Lotussitz.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

padmāsana m. Brahmā, assis sur le lotus. — N. posture d'un religieux dans la méditation.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HP 3 occurrences
HP 1.17-1.32: Āsana 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

HP 2.60-2.68: Bhastrikā 2 occurrences

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