{"key":"Samanasana","title":"Samanasana","type":"article","description":"Description Samanasana: Asana Asana Type: Seated Pramana Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Rudrayamala Tantra 23.71, 72 \"समानासनमावक्ष्ये सिद्धमन्त्रादिसाधनात्।","lastModified":"2019-06-16T11:36:08.000Z","url":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Samanasana","markdownUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Samanasana.md","apiUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/api/pages/Samanasana","displayTitle":"Samanasana","namespace":0,"language":"sa","created":"2026-05-25T17:40:12.129Z","categories":[{"key":"Asanas","title":"Asanas","url":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Category:Asanas","markdownUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Category:Asanas.md","apiUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/api/categories/Asanas"}],"sections":[{"line":"Description","level":2,"anchor":"Description"},{"line":"Pramana","level":2,"anchor":"Pramana"},{"line":"Translation","level":2,"anchor":"Translation"},{"line":"Steps/Technique","level":2,"anchor":"Steps.2FTechnique"},{"line":"Benefits","level":2,"anchor":"Benefits"}],"infobox":null,"fields":null,"event":null,"leadImage":null,"format":"blocks","content":{"version":1,"converter":2,"toc":true,"blocks":[{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Description","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Description"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Samanasana: Asana"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Asana Type: Seated"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Pramana","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Pramana"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Rudrayamala Tantra 23.71, 72"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"समानासनमावक्ष्ये सिद्धमन्त्रादिसाधनात्। एकपादमूरौ दत्त्वा गुह्योऽन्यल्लिङ्गवक्त्रके ॥२३.७१॥ एतद् वीरासनं नाथ समानासनसंज्ञ कम्। इत्याकृत्य जपेन्मन्त्रं धृत्वा वायुं चतुर्दले ॥२३.७२॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"samānāsanamāvakṣye siddhamantrādisādhanāt। ekapādamūrau dattvā guhyo'nyalliṅgavaktrake ॥23.71॥ etad vīrāsanaṃ nātha samānāsanasaṃjña kam। ityākṛtya japenmantraṃ dhṛtvā vāyuṃ caturdale ॥23.72॥\""}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Translation","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"(Now I tell you about) samānāsana which is the cause of siddamantra etc.; Place one foot on the chest and the other on (the place between) the anus and the genitals. This, O Lord! is named vīrāsana or samānāsana. While doing this āsana (one must) chant the mantra holding the breath in the caturdala (four-leaved) of the mūlādhāra. (23.71-72)\""}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Steps.2FTechnique","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Steps/Technique"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"1. Sit with one heel pressed at the perineum."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"2. Bring the other foot to the chest."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"3. Hold the breath judiciously."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Benefits","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Benefits"}]}]},"images":{}}