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