Biers.
podium or Dais (pronounced /ˈdeɪ.əs/ or /ˈdaɪ.əs/[1]) is any raised platform located either in or outside of a room or enclosure, often for dignified occupancy, as at the front of a lecture...
In Popular use a Bier is a(coffin stand or platform) though in the broader sense it can refer to the coffin itself.
Coffin come from the Latin Cophinos and Greek Kophinos- which means basket.
plinth, I believe. IN ADDITION:. A pedestal.