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 asana

12. Baddha Padma asana

13. Siddha asana

14. Paschimottana asana

15. swastika asana

vashishtha Samhita has a difference version of Ten asanas,

1.    Swastika asana

2.    Gomukha asana

3.    Padma asana

4.    Veera asana

5.    Singha asana

6.    Mayura asana

7.    Kukkuta asana

8.    Bhadra asana

9.    Kurma asana

10. Mukta asana  

while Hath-Ratnavali described thirty-seven asanas

1.    Siddha asana

2.    Bhadra asana

3.    Singha asana

4.    Padma asana

5.    Kar-Samputit- Pankajam

6.    Mayura asana

7.    Danda-Mayura asana

8.    Parshva mayura asana

9.    Baddha-Padma asana

10. Pinda-Mayura asana

11. Ek-pad mayura asana

12. Bhirav asana

13. Kam-dahan asana

14. Pani-patra asana

15. Dhanura asana

16. Gomukha asana

17. Swastika asana

18. veera asana

19. Manduka asana

20. Markata asana

21. Matsyendra asana

22. Parshva-Matsyendra asana

23. Baddha-matsyendra asana

24. Niralamban asana

25. Soura asana

26. Ek-pada asana

27. Fanindra asana

28. Paschimottana asana

29. Shayit-paschimottana asana

30. Vichitra-karni asana

31. Yoga-nidra asana

32. Vidhuna asana

33. Pad-pitha asana

34. Kukkuta asana

35. Uttan-kurma asana

36. Vrishchik asana

37. Shava asana  

Hath-Pradipika has only fifteen asanas:

1.    Swastika asana

2.    Gomukha asana

3.    Veera asana

4.    Kurma asana

5.    Kukkuta asana

6.    Uttanakurma asana

7.    Dhanura asana

8.    Matsyendra asana

9.    Pashchimottana asana

10. Mayur asana

11. Shava asana

12. Siddha asana

13. Padma asana

14. Singha asana

15. Bhadra asana

Gherand Samhita has 32 asanas in its text: -

1.    Siddhāsana

2.    Padmāsana

3.    Bhadrasana

4.    Muktāsana

5.    Vajrāsana

6.    Svastikāsana

7.    Siṁhāsana

8.    Gomukhāsana

9.    Virasana

10. Dhanurāsana

11. Śavāsana

12. Guptāsana

13. Matsyāsana

14. Matsyendrāsana

15. Gorakshasana

16. Paschimottanasana

17. Utkaṭāsana

18. Sankatasana

19. Mayūrāsana

20. Kukkutasana

21. Kūrmāsana

22. Uttana Kurmasana

23. Mandukasana

24. Uttana Mandukasana

25. Vrikshasana

26. Garuḍāsana

27. Trishasana

28. Shalabhasana

29. Makarāsana

30. Ushtrasana

31. Bhujaṅgāsana

32. Yogasana

There where huge variance in different hath yogic texts and really these has a significant impact on some physiological factors and few psychological factors too according to their Authors.