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{{short description|Hand-balancing posture in hatha yoga}}(File:Peacock pose.jpg|thumb|Mayurasana)File:Nath yogi in Mayurasana peacock pose.jpg|thumb|Mural depicting a NathNath{{Contains special characters|Indic}}Mayūrāsana () or Peacock poseWEB,www.yogajournal.com/poses/2495, Yoga Journal - Peacock Pose, 9 April 2011, is a hand-balancing asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise with the body held horizontal over the hands. It is one of the oldest non-seated asanas.

Etymology and origins

File:Jogapradipika 16 Mayurasana.jpg|thumb|upright|Mayurasana in an illustrated manuscript of the JogapradipikaJogapradipikaThe name comes from the Sanskrit words mayÅ«ra (मयूर) meaning “peacock“WEB,www.ashtangayoga.info/practice/asana-vinyasa-series/intermediate-series-nadi-shodhana/item/mayurasana/, Mayurasana - AshtangaYoga.info, 9 April 2011, and āsana (आसन) meaning “posture”.BOOK, Sinha, S. C., Dictionary of Philosophy,books.google.com/books?id=-zzRvh1fRzEC&pg=PA18, 9 April 2011, 1 June 1996, Anmol Publications, 978-81-7041-293-9, 18, Mayurasana is one of the oldest non-seated asanas used in hatha yoga; it is first described in the 10th century Vimānārcanākalpa. The Vāsiṣṭha Saṁhitā 1.76-7 states that it destroys all sins.BOOK, Mallinson, James, James Mallinson (author), Singleton, Mark, Mark Singleton (yoga teacher), Roots of Yoga, Penguin Books, 2017, 978-0-241-25304-5, 928480104, 100–101, 105,

Description

In this asana the body is raised like a horizontal stick holding the floor with both palms while the body is supported by the elbows.{{sfn|Iyengar|1979|pp=282–284}}

Variations

Hamsasana (Swan Pose) is identical to Mayurasana except that the hands are placed with the fingers pointing forwards.{{sfn|Iyengar|1979|pp=284–285}}(File:Padam Mayur asana.jpg|thumb|Padma Mayurasana)Padma Mayurasana (Lotus in Peacock Pose) has the legs crossed as in Lotus Position.BOOK, Ramaswami, Srivatsa, Srivatsa Ramaswami, Krishnamacharya, T., The complete book of vinyasa yoga: an authoritative presentation, based on 30 years of direct study under the legendary yoga teacher Krishnamacharya,books.google.com/books?id=4lxjoht7W8oC&pg=PA208, 9 April 2011, 3 June 2005, Da Capo Press, 978-1-56924-402-9, 208,

See also

• List of asanas
• Planche (exercise)
• Vrischikasana, scorpion pose, with variations including Pincha Mayurasana

References

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Sources

• BOOK, Iyengar, B. K. S., B. K. S. Iyengar, 1979, 1966, (Light on Yoga, Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika), Unwin Paperbacks, 978-1855381667,

External links

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