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title: "Khadgasana"
key: "Khadgasana"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Khadgasana"
markdown_url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Khadgasana.md"
type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Asanas"
updated: "2019-06-17T21:57:53.000Z"
description: "Asana Type Standing PRAMANA Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Kapala-Kurantaka-Hathabhyasa-Paddhati-41 Original Verse नुब्जां सरत्ःअमासनं कृत्वा पादतलाभ्य्ं भूमिमवष्टभ्य उत्तिष्ठेत्…"
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# Khadgasana

## Asana Type

Standing

## PRAMANA

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Kapala-Kurantaka-Hathabhyasa-Paddhati-41

## Original Verse

नुब्जां सरत्ःअमासनं कृत्वा पादतलाभ्य्ं भूमिमवष्टभ्य उत्तिष्ठेत् खड्डगासनं भवति ॥४१॥

## Transliteration

nubjāṃ saratḥamāsanaṃ kṛtvā pādatalābhyṃ bhūmimavaṣṭabhya uttiṣṭhet khaḍḍagāsanaṃ bhavati ॥41॥

## Translation

After performing Saratha Asana which involves lying prostrate, get up holding the ground with two soles (of the feet). This is called Khadgasana. 41.

## Steps/Technique

\1. Stand with the feet together. 2. Lean forward and extend the arms forward.

## Simple sketch

Khadgasana (STN-34, KKH-41) (1).png

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