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dandasana

dandasana noun: a stiff asana (yoga position) with the legs flat on the floor and the body upright.

dandasana: a stiff asana (yoga position) with the legs flat on the floor and the body upright
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Noun

dandasana (uncountable)

  1. (yoga) A stiff asana (yoga position) with the legs flat on the floor and the body upright.
    • "To get into this pose, first sit in dandasana and bring your hands to the heart in prayer position.2016 June 16, “Warm up yoga postures to help you straddle split”, in The Times of India

Origin of dandasana

From Sanskrit दण्डासन (daṇḍāsana).

Questions about dandasana

What does dandasana mean?
Dandasana means a stiff asana (yoga position) with the legs flat on the floor and the body upright.
What part of speech is dandasana?
Dandasana is a noun.

Words near dandasana in the dictionary

  1. dandarabilla
  2. Dandarid
  3. Dandarids
  4. Dandarii
  5. dandas
  6. dandasana
  7. dandee
  8. dandees
  9. dandelion
  10. dandelion and burdock
  11. dandelion clock

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