Editing Lotus position (section)

===Asian art===
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In [[Buddhism]], statues of the founder, [[Gautama Buddha]], sometimes depict him seated in lotus position and enthroned on a lotus flower.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buddhas Crossed Legged Position - Lotus Position |url=https://www.burmese-art.com/blog/buddha-crossed-legged-position |publisher=Asian Art |access-date=11 April 2020 |quote=One of the most popular seated positions of Lord Buddha is crossed legged position. In various Buddhism traditions like Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism, Lord Buddha is often shown with his ankles tucked and different hand and fingers position. The seated Crossed legged position is known as Lotus position.}}</ref><ref name="MMA buddha">{{cite web |title=Lotus-Enthroned Buddha Akshobhya, the Transcendent Buddha,8th–early 9th century |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38940 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="BM">{{cite web |title=Representation of: Buddha (Śākyamuni/Gotama/Shaka) |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=261567&partId=1&searchText=sakyamuni&place=42791&from=ad&fromDate=1400&to=ad&toDate=1450&matcult=15718&page=1 |publisher=[[British Museum]] |access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref>
In [[Hinduism]]<!--seems sensible overlink here-->, statues often depict gods, especially [[Shiva]], meditating in Padmasana.<ref name="MMA gods">{{cite web |last=Dehejia |first=Vidya |title=Recognizing the Gods |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gods/hd_gods.htm |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |date=February 2007}}</ref> In [[Bali]], a Padmasana is also a type of Hindu [[shrine]], named for the posture.<ref>{{cite book |last=Auger |first=Timothy |year=2001 |title=Bali & Lombok |series=Eyewitness Travel Guides |location=London |publisher=[[Dorling-Kindersley|Dorling Kindersley]] |isbn=0751368709 |pages=26, 46–47}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Eiseman |first=Fred B. Jr. |year=2011 |title=Bali – Sekala and Niskala: Essays on religion, ritual, and art |publisher=[[Tuttle Publishing]] |isbn=978-1462900923 |page=266}}</ref>
In [[Jainism]], seated [[Tirthankara]]s are represented in Lotus posture<!--otherwise, they're shown standing-->.<ref name="Wiley2004">{{cite book |last=Wiley |first=Kristi L. |title=Historical Dictionary of Jainism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCT-CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98 |year=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6558-7 |page=98 |quote=Tirthankaras are depicted in only two postures: seated in the classic lotus position (padmasana), which represents the Tirthankara preaching in the assembly hall (samavasarana), and standing in the kayotsarga posture, which represents abandoning the body.}}</ref><!--<ref>{{citation |last=Zimmer |first=Heinrich |author-link=Heinrich Zimmer |title=Philosophies Of India |date=1953 |orig-year=April 1952 |editor-first=Joseph |editor-last=Campbell |editor-link=Joseph Campbell |publisher=[[Routledge]] & Kegan Paul|url=https://archive.org/details/Philosophy.of.India.by.Heinrich.Zimmer |isbn=978-81-208-0739-6 |pages=209-210, 220}}</ref>-->

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File:Patan Parshvanatha.jpg|A 10th century CE idol of [[Parshvanatha]] in Lotus position from Patan, Gujarat
File:Monkey gives honey to Buddha Shakyamuni, India, Bihar, probably Kurkihar, Pala dynasty, c. 1000 AD, black stone - Östasiatiska museet, Stockholm - DSC09270.JPG|[[Gautama Buddha]]
File:Sivakempfort.jpg|[[Shiva]]
File:Mahavir.jpg|[[Mahavira]]
Pura Jagatnatha in Bali; David Stanley; November 2011.jpg|A Padmasana shrine, here of Pura Jagatnatha in Denpasar, [[Bali]]
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