Svastikasana (Sanskrit: स्वस्तिकासन, IAST svastikāsana) is an ancient meditation asana in hatha yoga, sitting cross-legged. In Sanskrit svastika ...SvastikasanaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchSeatedmeditationpostureinhathayogaSvastikasanaisthefirstof84asanasdescribedandillustratedinan1830manuscriptoftheJogapradipika.Theyoginismeditatingonatigerskintoattainliberation.ThisarticlecontainsIndictext.Withoutproperrenderingsupport,youmayseequestionmarksorboxes,misplacedvowelsormissingconjunctsinsteadofIndictext.Svastikasana(Sanskrit:स्वस्तिकासन,IASTsvastikāsana)isanancientmeditationasanainhathayoga,sittingcross-legged.InSanskritsvastikameansauspicious;itisalsothenameofanancientHindusymbolofgoodfortune.Contents1Etymologyandorigins2Description3Usage4Seealso5References6FurtherreadingEtymologyandorigins[edit]ThenamecomesfromtheSanskritwordssvastika(स्वस्तिक)meaning"auspicious"andāsana(आसन)meaning"posture"or"seat".ThepostureisdescribedintheeighthcenturyPātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇaandinthetenthcenturyVimānārcanākalpa,whereitisameditationseat.[1]Description[edit]Sittingcross-leggedonthefloor,placethelefttoeontherightkneefold.Putyourrightfootontheleftkneefold.Thisasanaisalwaysdoneinthesamewayformenandwomen,differentfromthosethathavepolaritylikePadmasana,Siddhasanaandothers.Svastikasanaiscalmsittingwithupright(upper)body.Stretchthelegsforward.Bendtheleftleginthewaythatyouplacethefootneartherightthighmuscle.Bend,asitwere,therightlegand"press"itintothespacebetweentheleftthighandcalfmuscles.Soyouwillnowfindthetwofeetplacedbetweenthighsandcalvesofthelegs.[2]Usage[edit]Swastikasana,Sukhasana,SiddhasanaandPadmasanaaretheasanastraditionallyusedfordhyana(meditation)andpranayama(breath)exercises.[3]Seealso[edit]PadmasanaSukhasanaListofasanasReferences[edit]^Mallinson,James;Singleton,Mark(2017).RootsofYoga.PenguinBooks.pp. 97–98,100–101.ISBN 978-0-241-25304-5.OCLC 928480104.^Sivananda,Swami."YogaAsanas".^Upadhyaya,Rajnikant;Sharma,Gopal(1January2006).AwakeKundalin