Svastikāsana (स्वस्तिकासन) refers to a type of Sthānāsana (poses dependent on the sthānaka), as defined according to texts dealing ...HOMEABOUTCONTACTNEWSLETTERSHOPLINKSPHOTOSSupportmeonPatreonResourcesResourcesBuddhismHinduismJainismIndiaHistoryShaivismShaktismVaishnavismPancaratraGanapatyaTheravadaMahayanaTibetanBuddhismArthashastraAyurvedaDhanurvedaDharmashastraJyotishaKavyaLinguisticsNatyashastraPhilosophyPuranaRasa-shastraShilpa-shastraVastu-shastraSanskritPaliMarathiKoshaSubhashitaVarioustraditionsAllglossariesSvastikasana,Svastika-asana,Svastikāsana:8definitionsGlossarySanskritSvastikāsana[Declension,neuter]References[quicksearch]IntroductionIntroductionImagegalleryInHinduismYogaShaktismShilpashastraInJainismGeneraldefinitionLanguagesSanskritSeealsoIntroduction:SvastikasanameanssomethinginHinduism,Sanskrit,Jainism,Prakrit.Ifyouwanttoknowtheexactmeaning,history,etymologyorEnglishtranslationofthistermthencheckoutthedescriptionsonthispage.Addyourcommentorreferencetoabookifyouwanttocontributetothissummaryarticle.Images(photogallery)InHinduismYoga(schoolofphilosophy)[«previous(S)next»]—SvastikasanainYogaglossarySource:WisdomLibrary:YogaSvastikāsana(स्वस्तिकासन)isoneoftheeighty-fourāsanas(postures)taughtbyŚiva,accordingtotheHaṭharatnāvalī3.7-20.ItissaidthatĀdinātha(Śiva)hand-picked84yogaposturesfrom84,00,000livingbeingsandtaughtthemforthepurposeofintroducingphysicalhealthandwell-beingtothehumanbody.Thecompoundsvastikāsanatranslatestosvastika(luckymark)andāsana(posture).The17th-centuryHaṭharatnāvalīisaSanskritreferencebookdealingwiththeseāsanas(e.g.,svastikāsana)whichformamajorconstituentofthehaṭhayogapractice.ItwaswrittenbyŚrīnivāsa.Source:GoogleBooks:TheHathaYogaPradipikaSvastikāsana(स्वस्तिकासन)isthenameofanāsana(posture),accordingtoHaṭhayogapradīpikāI.21.—Accordingly,“Havingkeptboththehandsunderboththethighs,withthebodystraight,whenonesitscalmlyinthisposture,itiscalledsvastikāsana”.The15th-centuryHaṭhayogapradīpikāby Svātmārāmaisoneoftheoldestextanttextsdealingw