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title: "Bairaganatha asana"
key: "Bairaganatha_asana"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Bairaganatha_asana"
markdown_url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Bairaganatha_asana.md"
type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Asanas"
updated: "2019-06-17T20:32:47.000Z"
description: "Description Bhujangasana: Asana Asana Type Prone Pramana Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Yoga-Asanamala Sacitra (ms.) 95 Original Verse आसण कौ गुण पीती जाई Transliteration āsaṇa kau…"
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# Bairaganatha asana

## Description

Bhujangasana: Asana

## Asana Type

Prone

## Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Yoga-Asanamala Sacitra (ms.) 95

## Original Verse

आसण कौ गुण पीती जाई

## Transliteration

āsaṇa kau guṇa pītī jāī

## Translation

Put both hands on ground at width of the shoulders and stretch them. Stretch both the legs backwards. Bend the right knee and cross it over the right arm and place the right foot between two hands. Raise the head up a little.

## Steps/Technique

\1. Place both hands on the ground shoulders width apart.

\2. Stretch the left leg back and step the right forward.

\3. Cross the right arm under the leg

\4. Keep the right foot between two hands.

\5. Raise the head.

## Atma Pramana Benefits

Strengthens the arms, shoulders, back and abdominals. Stretches the legs and hip. Removes disorder caused by pitta (bile).

## Sakshi Pramana Benefits

Opens up hips/groin

## Simple sketch

Bairaganatha Asana.jpg

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