padmasana /padˈmɑːsənə/adverb 1noun 1 adverb1 •In the padmasana pose.Iconographically - according to Rupamandana, Brahma is depicted as standing or sitting padmasana with four heads […] — 1982 noun1 •A pose in which one sits cross-legged with each foot sole-upwards on the opposite leg; the lotus position.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