tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778763582972896352.post1082180942435788245..comments2023-07-25T09:09:07.233+01:00Comments on The Luminescent: DHANURĀSANA: Two Versions of Bow PoseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778763582972896352.post-10572861370301365352018-01-12T14:47:53.990+00:002018-01-12T14:47:53.990+00:00It strikes me that the name 'Akarshana Dhanura...It strikes me that the name 'Akarshana Dhanurasana’ is probably derived from the Haṭhapradīpikā’s description of the pose (dhanur ākarṣaṇaṃ kuryād). I’m not aware of a pre-modern source that has an āsana called ākarṣaṇadhanurāsana. One might expect dhanurākarṣaṇāsana (the āsana of drawing the bow’).<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />JasonJason Birchhttp://www.theluminescent.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778763582972896352.post-3936016347953085352018-01-04T20:21:01.465+00:002018-01-04T20:21:01.465+00:00Thanks to you both for the informative article!
...Thanks to you both for the informative article! <br /><br />I do have one comment and question, I saw that Swāmī Śivānanda in his Yogāsanas also describes a variation of the prone bow pose, which is the same as on your Fig. 6 (right toe grabbed with left hand and vice versa) and called this "Akarshana Dhanurasana". Ever heard of that name elsewhere?<br /><br />His German student by mail, Boris Sacharow, also taught this position under the same name as well as the maybe more common, described above version of catching the toe with the same hand. And he proposes both as a preparation for (the hips in) padmāsana! This classification must also come from Swāmī Śivānanda, I suppose. So, what do you think, does this make sense historically speaking that this seated position was meant to prepare for a meditation posture?<br /><br />Sacharow by the way also teaches the prone position "Dhanurasana" like Śivānanda, which is then part of the "Bhujang"-group.Laura von Ostrowskinoreply@blogger.com