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title: "Nagipava-asana"
key: "Nagipava-asana"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Nagipava-asana"
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type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Asanas"
updated: "2019-06-18T16:53:55.000Z"
description: "Description Nagipava-asana: asana Asana Type Forward Bend PRAMANA Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Yoga Asana Mala Sacitra-48 Transliteration \"puraba vidhi pari ägänai nécau haué…"
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# Nagipava-asana

## Description

Nagipava-asana: asana

## Asana Type

Forward Bend

## PRAMANA

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Yoga Asana Mala Sacitra-48

## Transliteration

"puraba vidhi pari ägänai nécau haué kahüëé phaëä syau lagäé hätha ägänai dharaté lagävai pasäri doü hätha ké aïjülé karai bhü yaòé pari lagävai driñöi näsä agra äsaëa kau guëa sarira bithä jäé ॥"

## Translation

Sit on the ground with legs extended infront. Bring both soles together keeping knees sidewards on the ground. Bend the head forward place elbows on legs and extend hands on ground. Form a hollow of hands. Direct the gaze at the tip of nose.

## Apta Additional References

Yoga-siddhanta-candrika-II.46p.82, Hathapradipika (ms.) Siddhanta-Muktavali-II.191, HSC-41, Yoga-cintamani of Sivananda Sarasvati-p.78, Hathapradipika of Svatmarama-I.45-47.

## Steps/Technique

"1. Sit with the soles together, knees sidewards. 2. Bend forward and rest the elbows on the legs. 3. Place the palms on the ground. 4. Make a hollow of the hands 5. Gaze at the nose tip"

## Atma Pramana Benefits

Pain in the body is removed

## Simple sketch

Nagipava-asana (YMS-58, AYG-43)\_Illustration\_RC.psd

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