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title: "Sulasana"
key: "Sulasana"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Sulasana"
markdown_url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Sulasana.md"
type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Asanas"
updated: "2019-06-19T17:38:40.000Z"
description: "Description Sulasana: asana Asana Type Prone PRAMANA Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Kapala-Kurantaka-Hathabhyasa-Paddhati-42 Original Verse कूर्पराभ्यामवनिमवष्टभ्य हस्ततलाभ्यं हनुं…"
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# Sulasana

## Description

Sulasana: asana

## Asana Type

Prone

## PRAMANA

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Kapala-Kurantaka-Hathabhyasa-Paddhati-42

## Original Verse

कूर्पराभ्यामवनिमवष्टभ्य हस्ततलाभ्यं हनुं अवष्टभ्य उत्तिष्ठेत् शूलासनं भवति ॥४२॥

## Transliteration

kūrparābhyāmavanimavaṣṭabhya hastatalābhyaṃ hanuṃ avaṣṭabhya uttiṣṭhet śūlāsanaṃ bhavati ॥42॥

## Translation

Holding the ground with two elbows and catching the cheeks with two hands (i.e. palms), get up (extend the upper portion). This is called Sulasana.

## Apta Additional References

SriTattvaNidhi-40, Kapala-Kurantaka-Hathabhyasa-Paddhati-42, similar to niralambasana in Hatharatnavali-III.12,61 except the legs are down in niralambasana.

## Steps/Technique

\1. Lie prone with the elbows on the ground. 2. Hold the chin in the hands. 3. Fold the legs and point the toes up.

## Atma Pramana Benefits

Strengthens the thighs, back, abdominals, shoulder and neck. Stretches the upper abdominals

## Simple sketch

Sulasana (KKH-42, STN-40).psd

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