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Svarga Dvijasana (Bird of Paradise pose) is a bound variant of Utthita Padangusthasana II. Utthita Ekapadasana is a milder form of the same pose, the leg not lifted far enough for the toes to be grasped. Utthita Parshvasahita has the raised leg out to the side and the head turned away from the raised leg.
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Trikonasana or Utthita Trikonasana (Sanskrit: उत्थित त्रिकोणासन; IAST: utthita trikoṇāsana), [Extended] Triangle Pose is a standing asana in modern yoga as exercise. [1] [2] [3] Variations include Baddha Trikonasana (bound triangle pose) and Parivrtta Trikonasana (revolved triangle pose).
A single asana is listed for each main pose, whether or not there are variations. Thus for Sirsasana (Yoga headstand), only one pose is illustrated, although the pose can be varied by moving the legs apart sideways or front-and-back, by lowering one leg to the floor, by folding the legs into lotus posture, by turning the hips to one side, by placing the hands differently on the ground, and so on.
The name comes from the Sanskrit words उत्तान uttāna, "intense stretch"; [2] and आसन; āsana, "posture" or "seat". [3]The pose is a modern one, first seen in the 20th century.
The name of the pose comes from the Sanskrit उत्थित Utthita extended, वसिष्ठ Vasiṣṭha, a sage, [1] and आसन āsana, "posture" or "seat". [2] [3] The pose is not described in the medieval hatha yoga texts. It appears in the 20th century in the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga of Pattabhi Jois. [4]
The pose is entered from Tadasana; the legs are spread wide apart, the feet are turned out as for Trikonasana and the arms are stretched out sideways. One knee is bent to a right angle and the hand on that side is placed on the floor just behind the foot.
Paschimottanasana illustrated in an 1830 manuscript of the Jogapradipika. The name Paschimottanasana comes from three Sanskrit words. Paschima (पश्चिम, paścima) has the surface meaning of "West" or "the back of the body". [3]