Dhanurasana, the Glossary
Dhanurasana (translit) is a back bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise.[1]
Table of Contents
22 relations: Akarna Dhanurasana, Asana, Backbend, Balasana, Bharatanatyam, Bow and arrow, Bowstring, Chakrasana, Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga, Gheranda Samhita, Halasana, Halftone, Hatha yoga, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Light on Yoga, Salabhasana, Sarvangasana, Sritattvanidhi, Yoga as exercise, Yoga Journal, Yoga the Iyengar Way, Yogasopana Purvacatuska.
- Medieval Hatha Yoga asanas
- Reclining asanas
Akarna Dhanurasana
Akarna Dhanurasana (आकर्ण धनुरासन; IAST: Ākarṇa Dhanurāsana), also called the Archer pose, Bow and Arrow pose, or Shooting Bow pose is an asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise.
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Asana
An āsana (Sanskrit: आसन) is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose,Verse 46, chapter II, "Patanjali Yoga sutras" by Swami Prabhavananda, published by the Sri Ramakrishna Math p. 111 and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing poses.
Backbend
A backbend is a gymnastics, contortion, dance and ice skating move, where the spine is bent backwards, and catching oneself with the hands.
Balasana
Bālāsana (बालासन) or Child Pose, is a kneeling asana in modern yoga as exercise.
Bharatanatyam
Bharatanatyam is an Indian classical dance form that originated in Tamil Nadu, India.
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Bow and arrow
The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows).
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Bowstring
A bowstring joins the two ends of the bow stave and launches the arrow.
Chakrasana
Chakrasana (translit) or Urdhva Dhanurasana (translit) is a backbending asana in yoga as exercise.
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Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga
The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga is a 1960 book by Swami Vishnudevananda, the founder of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres.
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Gheranda Samhita
Gheranda Samhita (IAST: gheraṇḍasaṁhitā, घेरंडसंहिता, meaning “Gheranda's collection”) is a Sanskrit text of Yoga in Hinduism.
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Halasana
Halasana (Sanskrit: हलासन; IAST: halāsana) or Plough pose is an inverted asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise.
Halftone
Halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous-tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect.
Hatha yoga
Hatha yoga (IAST: Haṭha-yoga) is a branch of yoga that uses physical techniques to try to preserve and channel vital force or energy.
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Hatha Yoga Pradipika
The Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā (or Light on Hatha Yoga) is a classic fifteenth-century Sanskrit manual on haṭha yoga, written by Svātmārāma, who connects the teaching's lineage to Matsyendranath of the Nathas.
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Light on Yoga
Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika (Sanskrit: योग दीपिका, "Yoga Dīpikā") is a 1966 book on the Iyengar Yoga style of modern yoga as exercise by B. K. S. Iyengar, first published in English.
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Salabhasana
Salabhasana or Purna Salabhasana (शलभासन; IAST: Śalabhāsana), Locust pose, or Grasshopper pose is a prone back-bending asana in modern yoga as exercise. Dhanurasana and Salabhasana are reclining asanas.
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Sarvangasana
Sarvangasana (translit), Shoulder stand, or more fully Salamba Sarvangasana (Supported Shoulder stand), is an inverted asana in modern yoga as exercise; similar poses were used in medieval hatha yoga as a mudra.
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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.
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Yoga as exercise
Yoga as exercise is a physical activity consisting mainly of postures, often connected by flowing sequences, sometimes accompanied by breathing exercises, and frequently ending with relaxation lying down or meditation.
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Yoga Journal
Yoga Journal is a website and digital journal, formerly a print magazine, on yoga as exercise founded in California in 1975 with the goal of combining the essence of traditional yoga with scientific understanding.
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Yoga the Iyengar Way
Yoga the Iyengar Way is a 1990 guide to Iyengar Yoga, a style of modern yoga as exercise, by the yoga teachers Silva Mehta and her children Mira Mehta and Shyam Mehta.
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Yogasopana Purvacatuska
The Yogasopana Purvacatuska (Marathi: योगसोपान पूर्वचतुष्क (in Devanagari script)) or Stairway to Yoga is a 1905 book in Marathi on hatha yoga by Yogi Narayana Ghamande.
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See also
Medieval Hatha Yoga asanas
- Baddha Konasana
- Bakasana
- Bhujangasana
- Dhanurasana
- Garbha Pindasana
- Gomukhasana
- Gorakshasana
- Handstand
- Kraunchasana
- Kukkutasana
- Kurmasana
- Lotus position
- Makarasana
- Mandukasana
- Matsyasana
- Matsyendrasana
- Mayurasana
- Paschimottanasana
- Shavasana
- Shirshasana
- Siddhasana
- Simhasana
- Tree pose
- Utkatasana
- Vajrasana (yoga)
- Viparita Karani
- Virasana
- Yashtikasana
- Yoganidrasana
Reclining asanas
- Anantasana
- Ashtanga Namaskara
- Bhekasana
- Chaturanga Dandasana
- Dhanurasana
- Jathara Parivartanasana
- Makarasana
- Matsyasana
- Plank (exercise)
- Salabhasana
- Shavasana
- Yashtikasana
- Yoganidrasana
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanurasana
Also known as Dhanurāsana, Parsva Dhanurasana, Urdva chakrasana.