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The name Surya Namaskar is from the Sanskrit सूर्य Sūrya, "Sun" and नमस्कार Namaskāra, "Greeting" or "Salute". [7] Surya is the Hindu god of the sun. [8] This identifies the Sun as the soul and source of all life. [9] Chandra Namaskara is similarly from Sanskrit चन्द्र Chandra, "Moon". [10]
Surya Namaskar or Salute to the Sun is a series of asanas in modern yoga. Many other poses can be inserted in the sequence to provide a set of aerobic exercises in vinyasa style. The main article for this category is Surya Namaskar .
The name comes from the Sanskrit words अष्ट asht, eight, अङ्ग anga, limb, and नमस्कार namaskar, bowing or greeting. [3]Pant Pratinidhi's 1928 guide to Surya Namaskar, not at that time considered to be yoga, used Ashtanga Namaskara (with forehead on ground) as its fifth step (lower left).
In addition, in the 1920s, Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi, the Rajah of Aundh, (1868–1951; in office 1909–1947) popularized and named the practice of Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation), describing it in his 1928 book The Ten-Point Way to Health: Surya Namaskars. [11] [12] Downward Dog appears twice in its sequence of 12 postures. [11]
Chaturanga Dandasana (Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग दण्डासन; IAST: Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana) or Four-Limbed Staff pose, [1] also known as Low Plank, is an asana in modern yoga as exercise and in some forms of Surya Namaskar (Salute to the Sun), in which a straight body parallel to the ground is supported by the toes and palms, with elbows at a right angle along the body.
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Surya Namaskar can be seen as "a modern, physical culture-oriented rendition" of the simple ancient practice of prostrating oneself to the sun. [ 77 ] In 1966, Iyengar's classic Light on Yoga was able to describe some 200 asanas, [ 78 ] consisting of about 50 main poses with their variations. [ 79 ]
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