{"key":"Uttamāngāsana","title":"Uttamāngāsana","type":"dharana","description":"Description Uttamāngāsana: Asana Asana Type Arm balance Pramana Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Sastra Pramana Source Rudrayamala Tantra 23.46-50 Original Verse \"स्थित्वैतदासने मन्त्री अधःशीर्ष…","lastModified":"2019-06-19T18:28:32.000Z","url":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Uttam%C4%81ng%C4%81sana","markdownUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Uttam%C4%81ng%C4%81sana.md","apiUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/api/pages/Uttam%C4%81ng%C4%81sana","displayTitle":"Uttamāngāsana","namespace":0,"language":"sa","created":"2026-05-25T17:33:12.510Z","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":"Sastra Pramana Source","level":2,"anchor":"Sastra_Pramana_Source"},{"line":"Original Verse","level":2,"anchor":"Original_Verse"},{"line":"Transliteration","level":2,"anchor":"Transliteration"},{"line":"Translation","level":2,"anchor":"Translation"},{"line":"Instruction","level":2,"anchor":"Instruction"},{"line":"Regular Photo","level":2,"anchor":"Regular_Photo"}],"infobox":null,"fields":{"type":"dharana","sourceText":"Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण","translation":"\"Then by becoming stable in this āsana if the head is lowered;","transliteration":"\"sthitvaitadāsane mantrī adhaḥśīrṣa karoti cet।"},"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":"Uttamāngāsana: Asana"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Asana_Type","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Asana Type"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Arm balance"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Pramana","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Pramana"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Sastra_Pramana_Source","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Sastra Pramana Source"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Rudrayamala Tantra 23.46-50"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Original_Verse","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"स्थित्वैतदासने मन्त्री अधःशीर्ष करोति चेत्। उत्तमाङ्गासनं ज्ञेयं योगिनामतिदुर्लभम्॥२३.४६॥ एतदासनमात्रेण शरीरं शीतलं भवेत्। पुनः पुनः प्रसादेन चैतन्या कुण्डली भवेत्॥२३.४७॥\""}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Transliteration","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"sthitvaitadāsane mantrī adhaḥśīrṣa karoti cet। uttamāṅgāsanaṃ jñeyaṃ Yogināmatidurlabham॥23.46॥ etadāsanamātreṇa śarīraṃ śītalaṃ bhavet। punaḥ punaḥ prasādena caitanyā kuṇḍalī bhavet॥23.47॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"for extended verse see end of chapter\""}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Translation","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"Then by becoming stable in this āsana if the head is lowered; It comes to be known as uttamāngāsana which is very important for the Yogis. (23.46)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"By doing this āsana itself the body cools down; And by doing it again and again the Kundali consciousness arises. (23.47)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"By the left and right method he who does it again and again; By filling up the mūlādhar padma with subtle breath and does kumbhaka. (23.48)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"By surely doing the kumbhaka prānāyāma by this method, the subtle breath should be dissolved in the mūlabrahmarandhra (aperture in the crown of the head) and stationed there. (23.49)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"After performing this beneficial āsana, just as the eye of the needle is threaded; The same way if the subtle aperture ( in the crown of the head, sūksmarandhra) is filled up, the mind subsides. (23.50)\""}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Instruction","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Instruction"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"1. Sit in Kukkutasana (in padmasana insert arms through legs and balance on the arms)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"2. Bend the arms and lower the forehead towards the ground."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"3. Hold the breath in this posture.\""}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Regular_Photo","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Regular Photo"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Uttamangasana (RY 23.46-50).jpg"}]}]},"images":{}}