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title: "Padmasana i"
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url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Padmasana_i"
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type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
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updated: "2019-06-18T17:43:33.000Z"
description: "Description Padmasana i: asana Asana Type Seated PRAMANA Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Sastra Pramana Source Rudrayamala Tantra 23.26-27 Original Verse एतत्पद्मासनं कुर्यात् प्राणवायुप्रसिद्धये।"
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# Padmasana i

## Description

Padmasana i: asana

## Asana Type

Seated

## PRAMANA

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

## Sastra Pramana Source

Rudrayamala Tantra 23.26-27

## Original Verse

एतत्पद्मासनं कुर्यात् प्राणवायुप्रसिद्धये। शुभासनं सदा ध्यायेत् पूरयित्वा पुनः पुनः॥२३.२६॥ उरुमूले वामपादं पुनस्तद्दक्षिणं पदम्। वामोरौ स्थापयित्वा च पद्मासनमिति स्मृतम्॥२३.२७॥

## Transliteration

etatpadmāsanaṃ kuryāt prāṇavāyuprasiddhaye। śubhāsanaṃ sadā dhyāyet pūrayitvā punaḥ punaḥ॥23.26॥ urumūle vāmapādaṃ punastaddakṣiṇaṃ padam। vāmorau sthāpayitvā ca padmāsanamiti smṛtam॥23.27॥

## Translation

(This) Padmāsanam should be done which is well-known for the siddhi (perfection) of breath control; This beneficial āsanam ought to be practised again and again until it is fully mastered. (23.26) The left foot should be placed at the bottom of the right thigh; Then the right foot on the bottom of the left thigh, this is known as padmāsanam. (23.27)

## Steps/Technique

\1. Sit and place the left foot on the inner right thigh 2. Place the right foot on the left thigh. 3. Keep the spine straight.

## Atma Pramana (Benefits)

Primordial meditative posture. According to Shastra Pramana, padmasana destroys all diseases.

## Sakshi Pramana Benefits

Feeling of stability

## Simple sketch

Padmasana i (RY 23.26-27).png

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