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title: "Svottana-asana"
key: "Svottana-asana"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Svottana-asana"
markdown_url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Svottana-asana.md"
type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Asanas"
updated: "2019-06-19T18:03:57.000Z"
description: "Description Svottana-asana: Asana Asana Type Dynamic Pramana Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Kapala-Kurantaka-Hathabhyasa-Paddhati-6 Original Verse \"शववत्छरीरम् संस्थाप्य जानुन्Ī…"
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# Svottana-asana

## Description

Svottana-asana: Asana

## Asana Type

Dynamic

## Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Kapala-Kurantaka-Hathabhyasa-Paddhati-6

## Original Verse

"शववत्छरीरम् संस्थाप्य जानुन्Ī संमील्य नाभौ आंनीय हस्ताभ्यां कन्धरां बध्वा भामयेत् श्वोत्तनं भवति ॥६॥"

## Transliteration

"śavavatcharīram saṃsthāpya jānunĪ saṃmīlya nābhau āṃnīya hastābhyāṃ kandharāṃ badhvā bhāmayet śvottanaṃ bhavati ॥6॥"

## Translation

Lying supine keeping the body like a corpse unite the knees and place these on the naval. Then holding the shoulder with two hands keep moving. This is called Svottana Asana.

## Instruction

"1. Lie down and bring the knees to the chest.

\2. Bring the hands on the shoulders.

\3. Rock the body back and forth."

## Regular Photo

Svottana-asana.jpg

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