{"key":"Sulasana","title":"Sulasana","type":"dharana","description":"Description Sulasana: asana Asana Type Prone PRAMANA Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Kapala-Kurantaka-Hathabhyasa-Paddhati-42 Original Verse कूर्पराभ्यामवनिमवष्टभ्य हस्ततलाभ्यं हनुं…","lastModified":"2019-06-19T17:38:40.000Z","url":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Sulasana","markdownUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Sulasana.md","apiUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/api/pages/Sulasana","displayTitle":"Sulasana","namespace":0,"language":"sa","created":"2026-05-25T17:33:13.710Z","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":"Asana Type","level":2,"anchor":"Asana_Type"},{"line":"PRAMANA","level":2,"anchor":"PRAMANA"},{"line":"Apta Pramana Source","level":2,"anchor":"Apta_Pramana_Source"},{"line":"Original Verse","level":2,"anchor":"Original_Verse"},{"line":"Transliteration","level":2,"anchor":"Transliteration"},{"line":"Translation","level":2,"anchor":"Translation"},{"line":"Apta Additional References","level":2,"anchor":"Apta_Additional_References"},{"line":"Steps/Technique","level":2,"anchor":"Steps.2FTechnique"},{"line":"Atma Pramana Benefits","level":2,"anchor":"Atma_Pramana_Benefits"},{"line":"Simple sketch","level":2,"anchor":"Simple_sketch"}],"infobox":null,"fields":{"type":"dharana","sourceText":"Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण","translation":"Holding the ground with two elbows and catching the cheeks with two hands (i.e. palms), get up (extend the upper portion). This is called Sulasana.","transliteration":"kūrparābhyāmavanimavaṣṭabhya hastatalābhyaṃ"},"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":"Sulasana: asana"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Asana_Type","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Asana Type"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Prone"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"PRAMANA","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Apta_Pramana_Source","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Kapala-Kurantaka-Hathabhyasa-Paddhati-42"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Original_Verse","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"कूर्पराभ्यामवनिमवष्टभ्य हस्ततलाभ्यं हनुं अवष्टभ्य उत्तिष्ठेत् शूलासनं भवति ॥४२॥"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Transliteration","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"kūrparābhyāmavanimavaṣṭabhya hastatalābhyaṃ hanuṃ avaṣṭabhya uttiṣṭhet śūlāsanaṃ bhavati ॥42॥"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Translation","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Holding the ground with two elbows and catching the cheeks with two hands (i.e. palms), get up (extend the upper portion). This is called Sulasana."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Apta_Additional_References","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Additional References"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"SriTattvaNidhi-40, Kapala-Kurantaka-Hathabhyasa-Paddhati-42, similar to niralambasana in Hatharatnavali-III.12,61 except the legs are down in niralambasana."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Steps.2FTechnique","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Steps/Technique"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"1. Lie prone with the elbows on the ground. 2. Hold the chin in the hands. 3. Fold the legs and point the toes up."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Atma_Pramana_Benefits","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Atma Pramana Benefits"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Strengthens the thighs, back, abdominals, shoulder and neck. Stretches the upper abdominals"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Simple_sketch","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Simple sketch"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Sulasana (KKH-42, STN-40).psd"}]}]},"images":{}}