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

• Azerbaijani: bardaş
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓮花坐／莲花坐 (liánhuāzuò)

• Dutch: lotushouding (nl) f
• Finnish: lootusasento (fi)
• German: Lotussitz m
• Karaim: bağdaş
• Krymchak: bağdaş
• Russian: поза лотоса (ru) (poza lotosa)
• Salar: mandaş
• Siberian Tatar: pağdaş
• Spanish: posición de loto f
• Telugu: పద్మాసనము (te) (padmāsanamu)
• Turkish: bağdaş (tr)
• Uyghur: badashqan

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

• Dutch: kleermakerszit (nl) m