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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...
- 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...
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seated meditation asanas,
possibly all cross-legged,
including Padmasana,
Virasana,
Bhadrasana (now
called Baddha Konasana), and Svastikasana.
Sitting positions...
-
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...
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Tortoise 2.33 1.24 —
Uttana Mandukāsana
Raised Frog 2.35 — — Vajrāsana
Thunderbolt 2.12 — —
Virāsana Hero 2.17 — 3.21 Vṛkṣāsana Tree 2.36 — —...
- 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,...
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Dhanurasana 20 सुप्तवज्रासन Suptavajrāsana
Reclining Thunderbolt Pose
Supta Virasana Reclining Hero Pose 21 अर्धकूर्मासन Ardhakūrmāsana Half
Tortoise Pose Balasana...
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right foot.
Trianga Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana has one leg bent as in
Virasana.
Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana has one leg
crossed over the other...
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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...
