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Dandasana (Template:Lang-sa; IAST: Daṇḍāsana) or Staff Pose is a seated asana in modern yoga as exercise.

Etymology and origins

The name comes from the Sanskrit words दण्ड daṇḍa meaning "stick" or "staff", and आसन āsana meaning "posture".

The pose is not found in the medieval hatha yoga texts. The 19th century Sritattvanidhi uses the name Dandasana for a different pose, the body held straight, supported by a rope. The yoga scholar Norman Sjoman notes, however, that the traditional Indian Vyayama gymnastic exercises include a set of movements called "dands", similar to Surya Namaskar and to the vinyasas used in modern yoga.

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See also

• List of asanas

References

1. "Staff Pose". Yoga Journal. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
2. "Dandasana". Ashtanga Yoga. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
3. Sinha, S. C. (1996). Dictionary of Philosophy. Anmol Publications. p. 18. ISBN 978-81-7041-293-9.
4. ^ Sjoman, Norman E. (1999) . The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace. Abhinav Publications. pp. 44, 50, 78, 98–99. ISBN 81-7017-389-2.

Further reading

• Iyengar, B. K. S. (1 October 2005). Illustrated Light On Yoga. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-81-7223-606-9. Retrieved 9 April 2011.

External links

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Backbends	Anjaneyasana (crescent moon) Bidalasana (cat)/Bitilasana (cow) Bhujangasana (cobra) Chakrasana (wheel) or Urdhva Dhanurasana (upward bow) Viparita Dandasana (inverted staff) Kapotasana (pigeon) Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (king pigeon) Ushtrasana (camel)
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