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Mandukasana (Sanskrit: मन्दुकासन; IAST: Mandukāsana) or Frog pose is a group of seated asanas in Hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, all of which put the body in a shape like that of a frog.
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[3] [4] Claims have been made about beneficial effects on specific conditions such as asthma, [3] [4] chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, [3] [4] and diabetes. [5] There is evidence that practice of asanas improves birth outcomes [ 4 ] and physical health and quality of life measures in the elderly, [ 4 ] and reduces sleep disturbances [ 3 ...
The pose is entered from kneeling by crossing the legs; the heel of the upper leg is tucked in under the lower thigh near the buttock. The arm on the lower leg side is raised, the forearm bent down, while the other arm reaches down behind the back, the forearm bent up, so the hands can clasp between the shoulder blades.
The description of 84 asanas occupies 314 out of 964 verses in the 1737 version. Most of the asanas are said to bring therapeutic benefits; all of them ask the practitioner to direct the gaze at the point between the eyebrows or at the end of the nose.
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Utthita Padangusthasana is a pose with the body standing straight, on one leg; the other leg is stretched out straight, and the foot of the raised leg is grasped by the hand on the same side of the body.
Relief statue of Vishnu sleeping on the many coils of the infinite serpent.From Huchchappaiyya Gudi Temple, Aihole, Bagalkot, Karnataka, 7th century The name comes from the Sanskrit words anantā (अनन्त) meaning "without end" or "the infinite one", for the thousand-headed serpent Shesha upon which Vishnu rested at the bottom of the primordial ocean, [3] and āsana (आसन) meaning ...