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Instruction for noose pose from Yoga Journal
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Pasasana (Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
: पाशासन; IAST: ''pāśāsana'') or Noose Pose is an asana, a sitting meditation pose.
Etymology and origins
The name comes from the Sanskrit word पाश, ''pāśa'' meaning "noose" or "snare", and आसन, ''asana'' meaning "posture" or "seat". The pose is described and illustrated in the 19th century ''Sritattvanidhi
The ''Sritattvanidhi'' (, "The Illustrious Treasure of Realities") is a treatise written in the 19th century in Karnataka on the iconography and iconometry of divine figures in South India. One of its sections includes instructions for, and ill ...
''; a slightly different pose is described in the 1966 '' Light on Yoga''.
Description
In this yoga asana, the human body creates a 'noose' when the practitioner wraps their arms around their squatting legs (from Upaveshasana) with their hands clasped behind their back, while twisting to one side.See also
*List of asanas
An asana is a body posture, used in both medieval hatha yoga and modern yoga. The term is derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'. While many of the oldest mentioned asanas are indeed seated postures for meditation, asanas may be standing, seat ...
* Pasini Mudra, the noose seal
References
Further reading
*External links
Instruction for noose pose from Yoga Journal
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