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savasana

savasana is the alternative form of shavasana.

Meaning of shavasana

Noun

shavasana (countable and uncountable, plural shavasanas)

  1. (yoga) A resting pose in which one lies flat on one's back with the arms and legs slightly spread and eyes closed.
    • There was no way I was going to get sleep unless I did yoga-nidra or shavasan.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 226
    Synonyms:
    corpse pose

Forms of savasana

pluralsavasanas

Questions about savasana

What is savasana the alternative form of?
Savasana is the alternative form of shavasana.

Words near savasana in the dictionary

  1. savart
  2. savarts
  3. Savary
  4. Savarys
  5. Savas
  6. savasana
  7. savasanas
  8. Savases
  9. Savastano
  10. Savastanos
  11. savate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: savasana (page history and authors); shavasana (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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