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,-Upadesha 1, (Ch.-1, V.-25)

पद्मासनं तु संस्थाप्य जानूर्वोरन्तरे करौ । निवेश्य भूमौ संस्थाप्य व्योमस्थं कुक्कुटासनम् ॥ १.२५ ॥

padmásanaṃ tu saṃsthápja džánúrvorantare karao । nivéšja bhúmau saṃsthápja vjómasthaṃ kukkuṭásanam ॥ 1.25 ॥

Padma-āsanaṁ - Lotus posture; Tu - again (Tu); Saṁsthāpya - to establish; Jānu - knee; Ūrvoḥ - and thigh; Antare - (space) between; Karau - both hands; Niveśya - stuck or pass through; Bhūmau - on the earth (ground); Saṁsthāpya - supporting on (earth); Vyoma-sthaṁ - reserve direction (raise body upward); Kukkuṭa-āsanam - is called as cook posture (Kukkutasana).


When the body is held in Padmásana [Lotus Pose] and, passing both hands through the space between the thighs and knees, the hands are fixed to the ground and the body is raised into the air above the ground; this position is called Kukkutásana.



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