1 A bed, couch, sofa.

2 A palanquin.

3 A cloth girt round the back, loins, and kness (by a person) when sitting on his hams; cf. avasakthikā.

4 A particular kind of posture practised by ascetics in meditation, sitting on the hams; it is the same as vīrāsana which is thus defined by Vasiṣṭha: ekaṃ pāda- mathaikasmin vinyasyorau tu saṃsthitaṃ. itarasmiṃ- svathaivoruṃ vīrāsanamuda hṛtaṃ..; paryaṃkagraṃthibaṃdha...