Pallanka [pary+anka, cp. Class Sk. palyanka & Māgadhī paliyanka] 1. sitting cross -- legged, in instr. pallankena upon the hams S i.124, 144; and in phrasepallankaŋ ābhujati "to bend (the legs) in crosswise" D i.71; M i.56; A iii.320; J i.17, 71; Ps i.176; Pug 68; Miln 289; DhA ii.201. -- This phrase is expld at Vism 271 and VbhA 368 as "samantato ūru -- baddh' āsanaŋ bandhati." -- 2. a divan, sofa, couch Vin ii.163, 170 (cp. Vin. Texts iii.209, which is to be corrected afterDial. i.12); D i.7; S i.95; J i.268; iv.396; v.161; Vv 311; Pv ii.127; iii.32; DhA i.19; PvA 189, 219.