Asanas in various texts at a glance
Asanas described in different hath yogic texts Dr. Sudhanshu Verma Asst.Professor, Dept of Yogic sciences Sharda University, Greater Noida. There was many sager, saints and Rishis who establish their own concepts, let’s take a look on them in brief: In another book name as Siddha-Siddhant Paddhti has described only three asanas 1. swastika asana 2. Siddha asana 3. Padma asana while Gorksha shakatam has described only two Meditative asanas, 1. Siddha asana 2. Padma asana Shiv Samhita has described four types of asana, 1. Siddha asana 2. Ugra asana 3. Padma asana 4. Swastika asana Hath tatva kaumudi described 15 asanas, 1. Dhanura asana 2. Kukkuta asana 3. Matsyendra asana 4. Mayur peetha asana 5. shavasana 6. yoga-Singhasana 7. Bhadra asana 8. Veera asana 9. Kurma asana 10. Prasarita asana 11. Padma