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title: "Kārmukāsana ii"
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updated: "2019-06-17T21:55:29.000Z"
description: "Asana Type Seated PRAMANA Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Sastra Pramana Source Rudrayamala Tantra 23.83-86 Original Verse अथान्यासनमावक्ष्ये योगपूरकरक्षणात्।"
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# Kārmukāsana ii

## Asana Type

Seated

## PRAMANA

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

## Sastra Pramana Source

Rudrayamala Tantra 23.83-86

## Original Verse

अथान्यासनमावक्ष्ये योगपूरकरक्षणात्। कृत्वा पद्मासनं पादा अङ्गुष्ठजङ्घयो स्थितम्॥२३.८३॥ हस्तमेकं तु जङ्घया कार्मुकं कूर्परोर्द्धकम्। पद्मासने समाधाय अङ्गुष्ठं परिधावयेत्॥२३.८४॥

## Transliteration

athānyāsanamāvakṣye Yogapūrakarakṣaṇāt। kṛtvā padmāsanaṃ pādā aṅguṣṭhajaṅghayo sthitam॥23.83॥ hastamekaṃ tu jaṅghayā kārmukaṃ kūrparorddhakam। padmāsane samādhāya aṅguṣṭhaṃ paridhāvayet॥23.84॥

- for extended verse see end of chapter

## Translation

Now (I shall talk about ) another asana that can help to strengthen the pūraka (prāņāyama); After doing padmāsana rest both the big toes on the thighs. (23.83)

Place one hand on the thigh and bend the other like a bow and place it on the middle part of the knee-joint keep moving the big toe while sitting in padmāsana. By doing this alternatively by the left and right method, it comes to be known as the kārmukāsana. (23.84, 85)

O Lord! He who does this supreme kārmukāsana; All his ailments disappear and he becomes blissful. (23.86)

## Steps/Technique

\1. Sit in padmasana with the left leg over the right 2. Hold the knee with one hand 3. Hold the mid-thigh with the other hand. 4. Sit upstraight.

## Regular Photo

kārmukāsana ii (Rudrayamala Tantra 23.83-86).JPG

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