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Tittibhasana (Sanskrit: टिट्टिभासन, romanized: ṭiṭṭibhāsana) or Firefly pose is an arm-balancing asana with the legs stretched out forwards in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. [1] Variants include Bhujapidasana, with the legs crossed at the ankle, and Eka Hasta Bhujasana, with one leg stretched out forwards.
Koundinyasana is traditionally entered from tripod headstand, a variant of Sirsasana, but one can also get into the asana from Parsva Bakasana.The knee needs to be far enough up the triceps of the opposite arm before bending the elbows to engage the core muscles and help to prevent the leg from sliding down.
The full form is the difficult Paripurna Matsyendrasana. A common and easier variant is Ardha Matsyendrasana . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The asana has many variations, and in its half form is one of the twelve basic asanas in many systems of hatha yoga.
The Shiva nidhi section includes the Thirty-two forms of Ganesha; Mahaganapati pictured. The resulting illuminated manuscript, which he entitled the Sritattvanidhi, brings together several forms of Shiva, Vishnu, Skanda, Ganesha, different goddesses, the nine planets (), and the eight protectors of the cardinal points (aṣṭadikpālas).
Each three-line group consists of C S, a line of Sanskrit in handwriting that imitates an East Indian style of the Devanagari script; C T, a line of transliteration of the Sanskrit into dbu can Tibetan letters; and C tr, a line of translation into Tibetan, using dbu med letters. The C tr translation, however, is not of the Sanskrit of the first ...
Khecarī Mudrā (Sanskrit, खेचरी मुद्रा) is a hatha yoga practice carried out by curling the tip of the tongue back into the mouth until it reaches above the soft palate and into the nasal cavity.
The name comes from the Sanskrit words परिपूर्ण paripurna meaning "full", नाव nava meaning "boat" and आसन asana meaning "posture" or "seat". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The pose was illustrated in the 19th century Sritattvanidhi under the name Naukāsana , also meaning boat pose.
The opposite elbow is brought to the forward knee; this is a useful preparatory pose. In the full pose, the hand is brought to the floor on the outside of the front foot, and the other hand is stretched forwards in line with the body over the head, with the gaze directed upwards. [7]