lotus position

English

Noun

lotus position (plural lotus positions)

1. A cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting on the thigh of the opposite leg; a meditative position in Hinduism and Buddhism, also used in yoga and sexual intercourse.
2. (colloquial) a cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting below the lower leg of the opposite leg

Translations

cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting on the thigh of the opposite leg

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓮花坐／莲花坐 (liánhuāzuò), 莲花坐 (liánhuāzuò)

• Dutch: lotushouding (nl) f
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• Finnish: lootusasento
• Spanish: posición de loto f
• Telugu: పద్మాసనము (te) (padmāsanamu)

a cross-legged sitting position in which the feet are resting below the lower leg of the opposite leg

• Dutch: kleermakerszit (nl) m
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