Lotus position
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Lotus position or lotus posture. A term is commonly used in English to refer to a cross-legged seated position, used in meditation, in which each foot is placed on the opposite thigh.
The Princeton Dictionary makes the distinction between two different types of seated postures:[1]
- padmāsana ("lotus posture") - predominantly used in Hindu forms of yoga
- vajraparyaṅka ("vajra posture") - predominantly used in Buddhist practices
According to the Princeton Dictionary, the position of the legs is reversed in these two postures.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. padmāsana