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- misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Virasana (Sanskrit: वीरासन; IAST: vīrāsana) or Hero Pose is a kneeling asana in modern yoga as exercise...
- Shirshasana (supported headstand) Supta सुप्त supine, reclining Supta Virasana (reclining hero) Upavishta उपविष्ठ seated Upavishta Konasana (wide-angle...
- 17th century Gheranda Samhita 2.12 describes what Light on Yoga calls Virasana, with the feet beside the buttocks, while in other texts Vajrasana appears...
- China's daoyin. For example, B. K. S. Iyengar recommended holding Supta Virasana (reclining hero pose) for 10–15 minutes. Long-held stretches are similarly...
- by Patanjali; it names 12 seated meditation asanas including Padmasana, Virasana, Bhadrasana, and Svastikasana. The 10th–11th century Vimanarcanakalpa is...
- spinal twist. Bharadvajasana I is the basic form, with the legs as in Virasana (hero pose), one foot on the floor and the other ankle cradled in the arch...
- back on the heels with the upper body vertical - for example as in Seiza, Virasana, and Vajrasana (yoga) Taking a knee: where the upper body is vertical,...
- seated meditation asanas, possibly all cross-legged, including Padmasana, Virasana, Bhadrasana (now called Baddha Konasana), and Svastikasana. Sitting positions...
- text details yogic postures such as Svastikasana, Gomukhasana, Padmasana, Virasana, Simhasana, Bhadrasana, Muktasana, Mayurasana and Sukhasana. These Asanas...
- India both Jain and Buddhist images are in ardha-padmasana (also termed virasana in Sri Lanka). However the Jain images are always samadhi mudra, whereas...