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title: "Grdhrasana"
key: "Grdhrasana"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Grdhrasana"
markdown_url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Grdhrasana.md"
type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Asanas"
updated: "2019-06-17T18:19:17.000Z"
description: "Description Grdhrasana Asana Asana Type Seated PRAMANA Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Matsyendra-Samhita III.25-27 Original Verse \"janUvaeRrNtre padavuÄanaE Vy´s<iSwtaE, guL)aE…"
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# Grdhrasana

## Description

Grdhrasana Asana

## Asana Type

Seated

## PRAMANA

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Matsyendra-Samhita III.25-27

## Original Verse

"janUvaeRrNtre padavuÄanaE Vy´s\<iSwtaE, guL)aE caCDa\* hSta\_yamuÄana\_ya\< àyÆt\>.24. k{Qs»aecn\< k«Tva nasa¢mvlaekyet!, gaer\]asnimTyah yaeigna\< isiÏkar\[m!.25."

## Transliteration

"jänürvorantare pädävuttänau vyaktasaàsthitau \| gulphau cäcchädya hastäbhyämuttänäbhyäà prayatnataù ॥24॥ kaëöhasaìkocanaà kåtvä näsägramavalokayet \| gorakñäsanamityäha Yoginäà siddhikäraëam ॥25॥"

## Translation

Adopt padmasana. Place the elbows on toes. Interlock the fingers. Place the chin on knuckles. Press the thumbs against the throat.

## Steps/Technique

"1. Sit in Padmasana.

\2. Place the elbows on the toes.

\3. Interlock the fingers.

\4. Rest your chin on the knuckles.

\5. Press the thumbs on the throat."

## Atma Pramana Benefits

Brings all doshas (humural disorders) including mental and physical back to balance.

## Simple sketch

Grdhrasana MtS.III.jpg

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