Category Pedestals or seats

The word ‘āsana’ is also used to denote the pedestal or seat on which an icon is seated or standing.

kurmasana

Kūrmāsana (कूर्मासन) refers to the ‘seat of the turtle’; Oval in shape and is made of wood; it has the face and the feet of a tortoise; is the name of an asana (cf. kurma)

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