List of asanas

Asanas collectively constitute the physical aspect of worship in ancient Yoga and various stretches and meditative poses of modern Yoga. The poses and stretches are thought to have physical and mental health benefits and can lead to injury in roughly 1 in 20 practitioners a year in the U.S.[8]^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} Different authors or schools of yoga may have different names for an asana. Many asanas have multiple names or one name may refer to multiple asanas.^[8]

Affixes

Many asana names include the following Sanskrit words as affixes:

Asanas

Sanskrit transliteration	English	Image	Notes
Adho Mukha Śvānāsana अधोमुखश्वानासन	Downward-Facing Dog Pose		Arm Balance and Forward Bend.
Adho Mukha Vṛkṣāsana अधोमुखवृक्षासन	Downward-Facing Tree (Full Arm Balance)		Arm Balance
Ākarṇa Dhanurāsana आकर्णधनुरासन	Bow posture up to ear		Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Anahata Chakra Baddha Hasta Virabhadrasana	Open Heart Chakra Hand Bound Warrior Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Ardha Baddha Parivrtta Malasana	Half Bound Revolved Garland Pose		Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Ardha Padma Eka Pada Malasana	Half Lotus One Legged Garland Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Ananda Balasana	Happy Baby Pose		Supine Pose
Anantāsana अनन्तासन	Ananta's pose		Supine Leg stretch
Anjaneyasana अञ्जनेयासन	Honorable Pose, Crescent Moon, Crescent Lunge		Standing asana (Hip opener)
Ardha Candrāsana अर्धचन्द्रासन	Half moon		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Ardha kamalamunyasana	Half Pose Dedicated to Siddhar Kamalamuni		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Ardha Matsyendrāsana अर्धमत्स्येन्द्रासन	Half lord of the fishes pose		Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Ardha Navāsana अर्धनवासन	Half boat posture		Abdominal asana (Udara Akunchana Sthiti)
Ardha Ustrasana	Half Camel Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Aṣṭāvakrāsana अष्टावक्रासन	Aṣṭāvakra's pose		Arm SECe
Avalokiteśvara अवलोकितेश्वर	Goddess of mercy pose or Guanyin		Reclined medial and lateral hip rotation.Avalokiteśvara (अवलोकितेश्वर) is the Goddess of mercy pose.
Baddha Hasta Malasana	Hands Bound Garland Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Baddha Hasta Utthita Stiti Shalabhasana	Bound Hands Rising Standing Locust Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Baddha Hasta Tadasana	Hands Bound Mountain Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Baddha Koṇāsana बद्धकोणासन	Bound angle		Sitting asana/Forward Bend (Upavista Sthiti/Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Baddha Malasana	Bound Garland Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Baddha Natarajasana	Bound Lord of Dance Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Baddha Samakonasana	Bound Equal Angle Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Baddha Viparita Kurmasana	Bound Inverted Tortoise Pose		Inversion (Viparita Sthiti)
Bakāsana बकासन	Crane		Arm Balance
Bālāsana बालासन	Child's Pose		Kneeling forward bend
Bala Shalabhasana	Baby Grasshopper Pose		Arm Balance
Bharadvājāsana भरद्वाजासन	Bharadvaja's twist		Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Bhekāsana भेकासन	Frog		Backbend (Extension) (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Bhujaṅgāsana भुजङ्गासन	Cobra		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Bhujapīḍāsana भुजपीडासन	Arm-pressing posture		Arm balance
Biḍālāsana बिडालासन	Cat Pose		Kneeling
Camatkarasana (Chamatkarasana)	Wild Thing Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana चतुरङ्गदण्डासन	Four-Limbed Staff		Arm Balance
Chakra Bandhasana	Bound Wheel Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Chakrāsana or Urdva Dhanurasana चक्रासन	Wheel		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Daṇḍāsana दण्डासन	Staff pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Dhanurāsana धनुरासन	Bow		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Dvi Pāda Śīrṣāsana द्विपादशीर्षासन	Both feet behind head (lit: two-footed head pose)		Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Dvi Pāda Viparīta Daṇḍāsana द्विपदविपरीतदण्डासन	Two-Legged Inverted Staff Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Dwi Hasta Padasana	Both Hands to Foot Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Eka Pada Baddha Malasana	One Leg Bound Garland Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Eka Pada Bakasana 1	One Legged Crane Pose 1		Arm Balance
Eka Hasta Bhujasana	One Arm Pressure Pose		Arm Balance
Eka Pada Galavasana	Pose Dedicated to Galava - One Legged Variation		Arm Balance
Eka Pada Indudalasana	One Legged Crescent Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Eka Pada Kauṇḍiṇyāsana I एकपादकौण्डिण्यासन	Kauṇḍiṇya's pose, twisted one legged arm balance		Arm balance
Eka Pada Kauṇḍiṇyasana II एकपादकौण्डिण्यासन	Kauṇḍiṇya's pose, one legged arm balance with straight legs		Arm balance
Eka Pada Paripurna Vrschikasana	One Legged Stretched Out Scorpion Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana I एकपादराजकपोतासन	One-Legged King Pigeon		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana II	One-Legged King Pigeon 2		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Ekapādaśīrṣāsana एकपादशीर्षासन	Foot behind Head Pose		Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Eka Pada Sirsa Bakasana	One Leg Behind the Head Crow Pose		Arm Balance
Eka Pada Sirsa Prapadasana	One Leg Behind the Head Tiptoe Pose		Standing asana
Eka Pada Sirsa Uttana Pristhasana	One Foot Behind the Head Extended Lizard Tail Lunge Pose		Standing asana
Eka pāda śīrṣāsana एकपादशीर्षासन	One legged supported head balance		Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti)
Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana	One Legged Upward Bow Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana	One Legged Inverted Staff Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Galavasana	Pose Dedicated to Galava		Arm Balance
Gaja Vadivu	Elephant Old Form		Standing asana
Garbhāsana गर्भासन	Fetus
Garuḍāsana गरुडासन	Eagle pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Gitanandasana	Pose Dedicated to Gitananda		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Gomukhāsana गोमुखासन	Cow faced pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Guptāsana गुप्तासन	Hidden Pose
Halāsana हलासन	Plough		Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti)
Hanumanāsana हनुमनासन	Lord Hannuman Pose		Leg Stretch
Hasta Padasana 1	Hands to Foot Squatting Pose 1		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Hasta Pada Parshva Prapadasana	Hand to Foot to Side Tip Toe Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Hindolasana in Eka Pada Prapadasana	Baby Cradle Pose in One Legged Tip Toe Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Indudalasana	Crescent Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Jānuśīrṣāsana जानुशीर्षासन	Head-to-Knee Forward Bend		Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Jāṭharaparivṛttāsana जाठरपरिवृत्तासन	Belly-revolving posture
Kala Bhairavasana	Pose Dedicated to Shiva the Destroyer		Arm Balance
Kalyasana	Pose Dedicated to Goddess Kali		Standing asana
Karṇapīḍāsana कर्णपीडासन	Ear-pressing		Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti)
Krāuñcāsana क्रौञ्चासन	Heron
Kukkuṭāsana कुक्कुटासन	Cockerel		Arm Balance
Kūrmāsana कूर्मासन	Tortoise		Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Laghuvajrasana	Thunderbolt Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Lolāsana लोलासन	Pendant
Mahāmudrā महामुद्रा	The great seal posture		Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Makarāsana मकरासन	Crocodile
Mālāsana मालासन	Garland[9]
Mandalasana मण्डलासन	Circle
Mārjāryāsana मार्जार्यासन	Cat pose
Matsyāsana मत्स्यासन	Fish		Supine backbend
Matsyendrāsana मत्स्येन्द्रासन	Lord of the Fishes		Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Mayūrāsana मयूरासन	Peacock		Arm Balance
Muktahasta-śīrṣāsana मुक्तहस्तशीर्षासन	"Hands-Free" Head stand		Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti)
Muktāsana मुक्तासन	The liberated Pose
Mulabandhasana	Root Lock Pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)

Sanskrit transliteration	English	Image	Notes
Nama Baddha Hasta Virabhadrasana	Bowing Hands Bound Warrior Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Naṭarājāsana नटराजासन	Dancer or Lord of the Dance		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Nāvāsana नावासन	Boat		Sitting asana
Niralamba Baddha Eka Pada Uttanasana	Unsupported Bound One Legged Intense Stretch Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Niralamba Prapada Kanjanasana 1	Unsupported Tip Toe Wagtail Pose 1		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Nirālamba-sarvāṅgāsana निरालम्बसर्वाङ्गासन	Unsupported shoulder stand		Inversion (Viparita Sthiti)
Pādahastāsana पादहस्तासन	Standing Forward Bend		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Padma Pinyamayūrasana पद्मपिन्यमयूरासन	Peacock Feather Pose with legs in Padmasana/Elbow Balance		Arm Balance
Padmāsana पद्मासन	Lotus		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Padmasana in Mayurasana	Lotus Pose in Peacock Pose		Arm Balance
Parighasana	Gate Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Paripūrṇanāvāsana परिपूर्णनावासन	Full Boat		Abdominal asana (Udara Akunchana Sthiti)
Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana	Revolved Half Moon Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Parivrtta Ardha Chandrachapasana	Revolved Half Moon Bow Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Parivṛtta Baddha Pārśvakoṇāsana परिवृत्तबद्धपार्श्वकोणासन	Revolved Bound Side Angle		Asymmetrical standing twist with hand lock
Parivrtta Dwi Pada Baddha Utkatasana	Revolved Both Legs Bound Fierce Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Parivrtta Prapadasana	Revolved Tip Toe Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Parivṛtta Pārśvakoṇāsana परिवृत्तपार्श्वकोणासन	Revolved Side Angle		Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Parivrtta Salamba Hasta Padasana	Revolved Supported Hand to Foot Pose		Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Parivrtta Svarga Dvijasana	Revolved Bird of Paradise Pose		Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Parivṛttatrikoṇāsana परिवृत्तत्रिकोणासन	Revolved Triangle		Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Parivrtta Utthita Pada Hastasana	Revolved Extended Hand to Foot Pose		Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Parsva Dandasana	Sideways Staff Pose		Arm Balance
Parshvasana	Side Stretch Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Parśvottanāsana पर्श्वोत्तनासन	Intense stretch to the side		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Paryaṅkāsana पर्यङ्कासन	Couch Pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Pāśāsana पाशासन	Noose		Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Paścimottānāsana पश्चिमोत्तानासन	Extension of the posterior (western) part of the body		Forward Bend (Paschima Prattana Sthiti)
Patan Vrikshasana 2	Toppling Tree Pose 2		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Pincha Mayūrāsana पिन्चमयूरासन	Feathered Peacock Pose, forearm balance		Arm Balance
Pindola Bharadvaja प्रसारितपादोत्तानासन	Deer Sitting Pose		Advanced toe stand. "Deer Sitting Pose" in sanskrit is Pindolabharadrāja ( हरिण आसन ) The pose is dedicated to Pindola the Lohan (Artat) an Enlightened disciple of the Buddha.
Prapada Kapotasana	Tip Toe Pigeon Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Prapada Matsyendrasana	Tip Toe Lord of the Fishes Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Prapada Virasana	Tiptoe Hero Pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Prapadasana	Tip Toe Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Prasārita-pādottānāsana प्रसारितपादोत्तानासन	Wide Stance Forward Bend		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Rajakapotāsana रजकपोतासन	King Pigeon		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Śalabhāsana शलभासन	Locust		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Salamba Sarvāṅgāsana I सलम्बसर्वाङ्गासन	Shoulder Stand		Inversion (Viparita Sthiti)
Salamba Śīrṣāsana I सलम्बशीर्षासन	Supported Headstand		Inversion (Viparita Sthiti)
Samakoṇāsana समकोणासन	Straight angle
Samasthitiḥ समस्थितिः	Equal Standing		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Śaśakāsana शशकासन	Rabbit
Śavāsana Shavasana Sarvasana Mrtasana शवासन	Corpse Pose		Resting asana (Visranta Karaka Asana)
Setubandhāsana सेतुबन्धासन	Bridge Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Setubandha-sarvāṅgāsana सेतुबन्धसर्वाङ्गासन	Shoulder supported Bridge		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Shatkonasana	Six Triangles Pose		Abdominal asana (Udara Akunchana Sthiti)
Siddhāsana सिद्धासन	Siddhi's Pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Siṁhāsana सिंहासन	Lion		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Stiti Vayu Muktyuttonasana	Standing Wind Relieving Intense Stretch Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Stiti Urdhva Mukgattana Kulpa Dhanurasana	Standing Upward Facing Intense Ankle Stretch Bow Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Sukhāsana सुखासन	Auspicious (Easy) Pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Suptabaddha-koṇāsana सुप्तभद्धकोणासन	Reclining Bound Angle		Resting asana (Visranta Karaka Asana)
Suptakoṇāsana सुप्तकोणासन	Reclined Angle		Inversion (Viparita Sthiti)
Supta Pādaṅgustāsana I सुप्तपादङ्गुस्तासन	Catching the big toe supine pose		Supine Leg stretch
Suptavajrāsana सुप्तवज्रासन	Thunderbolt
Suptavīrāsana सुप्तवीरासन	Reclining Hero		Resting asana (Visrana Karaka Asana)
Svarga Dvijasana	Bird of Paradise Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Svastikāsana स्वस्तिकासन	Cross Pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Tāḍāsana ताडासन	Mountain Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Tarasana	Star Pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Tiryak Tala-Vrikshasana	Swaying Palm Tree Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Tiryang Mukhottanasana	Reverse Facing Intense Stretch		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Ṭiṭṭibhāsana टिट्टिभासन	Insect Pose		Arm balance
Trikoṇāsana त्रिकोणासन	Triangle		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Trivikramasana	Trivikrama's Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Tulāsana तुलासन	Balance posture		Arm Balance
Uḍḍīyānabandha उड्डीयानबन्ध	The abdominal lock
Upavesāsana उपवेसासन	Squatting Pose		Squatting asana
Upaviṣṭakoṇāsana उपविष्टकोणासन	Open Angle		Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Ūrdhva Dhanurāsana ऊर्ध्वधनुरासन	Upwards-facing bow		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Ūrdhva Hāstāsana ऊर्ध्व हास्तासन	Upward hands pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Ūrdhva Mukha Śvānāsana ऊर्ध्वमुखश्वानासन	Upward-Facing Dog		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Urdhva Padmasana in Niralamba Sarvangasana	Upward Lotus Pose in Unsupported Shoulderstand Pose		Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti)
Uṣṭrāsana उष्ट्रासन	Camel		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Utkaṭāsana उत्कटासन	Awkward Pose/Powerful pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Uttana Kulpa Prapada Utkatasana 3	Intense Ankle Stretch Tip Toe Chair Pose 3		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Uttanakūrmāsana उत्तानकूर्मासन	Inverted Tortoise		Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti)
Uttanapadasana	Intense Leg Stretch		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Uttānāsana उत्तानासन	Standing Forward Bend		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Utthita Ekapadasana	Extended One Foot Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Utthita Parshva Pashasana	Extended Side Noose Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Utthita Trivikramasana	Extended Trivikrama's Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Utthitaha-stapādāṅguṣṭhāsana उत्थितहस्तपादाङ्गुष्ठासन	Standing Big Toe Hold		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Utthita-pārśvakoṇāsana उत्थितपार्श्वकोणासन	Extended Side Angle		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Utthita Stiti Bhujangasana	Rising Standing Cobra Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Utthita Stiti Surya Yantrasana	Extended Standing Sundial Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vajrāsana वज्रासन	Thunderbolt		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Vasiṣṭhāsana वसिष्ठासन	Vasista's pose/Vasista is the name of a sage		Arm Balance (Side Plank Pose)
Vātāyanāsana वातायनासन	Horse		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Viparītakaraṇi विपरीतकरणि	Legs-up-the-Wall		Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti)
Viparita Namaskar Tadasana	Reverse Prayer Mountain Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Viparita Prapada Dhanurasana	Inverted Tiptoe Bow Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Viparita Virabhadrasana	Reversed Warrior Pose		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vīrabhadrāsana I वीरभद्रासन	Warrior I		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vīrabhadrāsana II वीरभद्रासन II	Warrior II		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vīrabhadrāsana वीरभद्रासन III	Warrior III		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vīrāsana वीरासन	Hero		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Vṛkṣāsana वृक्षासन	Tree		Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vṛścikāsana वृश्चिकासन	scorpion		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Yogadandasana	Yogic Staff Pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Yoga Mudrasana	Yogic Seal Pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Yoganandasana	Yogananda's Pose		Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Yoganidrasana	Yogic Sleep Pose		Supine (Reclining)
Yoni Dandasana	Womb Staff Pose		Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)

intellectual property and asana practice

The commercialisation of yogasana training has resulted in attempts at patenting various asana sequences. In response the Government of India documented asanas as a traditional knowledge of India, so that they are available as public knowledge.^[10]

See also

• Mudra
• List of mudras

References

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• [8] Broad, William J. (7 February 2012). The Science of Yoga The Risks and the Rewards (hardcover) (1st ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 336. ISBN 978-1-4516-4142-4.
• Nardini, Sadie, The 21 Day Yoga Body: A Metabolic Makeover and Life Styling Manual to Get You Fit, Fierce, and Fabulous in Just Three Weeks, Penguin Random House: 2013 ISBN 978-038-534706-8