---
title: "Kokilāsana"
key: "Kokilāsana"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Kokil%C4%81sana"
markdown_url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Kokil%C4%81sana.md"
type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Asanas"
updated: "2019-06-18T14:56:13.000Z"
description: "Description Kokilāsana: asana Asana Type Supine PRAMANA Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Sastra Pramana Source Rudrayamalam (uttara-tantram) 23.101-102 Original Verse \"अथान्यदासनं वक्ष्ये येन सिद्धो…"
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# Kokilāsana

## Description

Kokilāsana: asana

## Asana Type

Supine

## PRAMANA

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

## Sastra Pramana Source

Rudrayamalam (uttara-tantram) 23.101-102

## Original Verse

"अथान्यदासनं वक्ष्ये येन सिद्धो भवेन्नरः। अकस्माद् वायुसञ्चारं कोकिलाख्यासनेन च॥२३.१०१॥ ऊद्धर्वे हस्तद्वयं कृत्वा तदग्रे पादयो सुधीः। वृद्धाङ्गुष्ठद्वयं नाथ शनैः शनैः प्रकारयेत्॥२३.१०२॥"

## Transliteration

"athānyadāsanaṃ vakṣye yena siddho bhavennaraḥ। akasmād vāyusañcāraṃ kokilākhyāsanena ca॥23.101॥ ūddharve hastadvayaṃ kṛtvā tadagre pādayo sudhīḥ। vṛddhāṅguṣṭhadvayaṃ nātha śanaiḥ śanaiḥ prakārayet॥23.102॥"

## Translation

"Now I shall talk about another āsana by which one becomes a siddha; That is called kokilāsana by which the breath gets circulated instantly. (23.101) O Lord! raise both hands and stretch both legs upwards; And hold both the big toes, do this in a slow process. (23.102) Do the padmāsana properly by contracting and resting over the knee-joints."

## Steps/Technique

\1. Sit in Padmasana. 2. Hold the toes. 3. Lean forward and place the elbows on the ground."

## Simple sketch

Kokilasana (RY-23).png

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