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The traditional number of asanas is the symbolic 84, but different texts identify different selections, sometimes listing their names without describing them. [3] [a] Some names have been given to different asanas over the centuries, and some asanas have been known by a variety of names, making tracing and the assignment of dates difficult. [5]
The standing asanas are the yoga poses or asanas with one or both feet on the ground, and the body more or less upright. They are among the most distinctive features of modern yoga as exercise . Until the 20th century there were very few of these, the best example being Vrikshasana , Tree Pose.
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Tadasana is the basic standing asana on which many other poses are founded. The feet are together and the hands are at the sides of the body. The posture is entered by standing with the feet together, grounding evenly through the feet and lifting up through the crown of the head.
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Postures in Niels Bukh's 1924 Primary Gymnastics [1] resembling Parighasana, Parsvottanasana, and Navasana, supporting the suggestion that Krishnamacharya derived some of his asanas from the gymnastics culture of his time [2]
The name comes from the Sanskrit कूर्म Kūrma, "turtle" or "tortoise" [3] and आसन Āsana, "posture" or "seat". [ 4 ] Uttana Kurmasana is described in the ancient, c. 7th century Ahirbudhnya Saṃhitā , [ 5 ] and illustrated in the 19th century Jogapradipika [ 6 ] and Sritattvanidhi .
The name comes from the Sanskrit words vṛkṣa (वृक्ष) meaning 'tree', [3] and āsana (आसन) meaning 'posture'. [4]A 7th-century stone carving in Mahabalipuram appears to contain a figure standing on one leg, perhaps indicating that a pose similar to vrikshasana was in use at that time.