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title: "Samānāsana"
key: "Samānāsana"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Sam%C4%81n%C4%81sana"
markdown_url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Sam%C4%81n%C4%81sana.md"
type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Asanas"
updated: "2019-06-18T21:11:19.000Z"
description: "Description Samānāsana: asana Asana Type Seated PRAMANA Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Sastra Pramana Source Rudrayamala Tantra 23.71, 72 Original Verse \"समानासनमावक्ष्ये सिद्धमन्त्रादिसाधनात्।"
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# Samānāsana

## Description

Samānāsana: asana

## Asana Type

Seated

## PRAMANA

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

## Sastra Pramana Source

Rudrayamala Tantra 23.71, 72

## Original Verse

"समानासनमावक्ष्ये सिद्धमन्त्रादिसाधनात्। एकपादमूरौ दत्त्वा गुह्योऽन्यल्लिङ्गवक्त्रके॥२३.७१॥ एतद् वीरासनं नाथ समानासनसंज्ञ कम्। इत्याकृत्य जपेन्मन्त्रं धृत्वा वायुं चतुर्दले॥२३.७२॥"

## Transliteration

"samānāsanamāvakṣye siddhamantrādisādhanāt। ekapādamūrau dattvā guhyo'nyalliṅgavaktrake॥23.71॥ etad vīrāsanaṃ nātha samānāsanasaṃjña kam। ityākṛtya japenmantraṃ dhṛtvā vāyuṃ caturdale॥23.72॥"

## Translation

"(Now I tell you about) samānāsana which is the cause of siddamantra etc.; Place one foot on the chest and the other on (the place between) the anus and the genitals. This, O Lord! is named vīrāsana or samānāsana. While doing this āsana (one must) chant the mantra holding the breath in the caturdala (four-leaved) of the mūlādhāra. (23.71-72) "

## Steps/Technique

"1. Sit with one heel pressed at the perineum. 2. Bring the other foot to the chest. 3. Hold the breath judiciously."

## Regular Photo

Samanasana (RY 23.71, 72).jpg

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