Talk:Bakasana
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 | The content of Kākāsana was merged into Bakasana. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
Proposed merge with Kakasana
The two asanas are often used interchangeably: in the West many practitioners will use the Sanskrit term "Bakasana" (Crane Pose) and then translate it as "Crow Pose" (Kakasana). As with many yoga poses, which name is used depends on the lineage of the practitioner. A merge could sort all that out. Morganfitzp (talk) 21:39, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
- Support as per the reason given above. Morganfitzp (talk) 22:36, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
About Correct Posture of Bakasana
Bakasana with straight arm is not a right posture that's why I'm change that Image, and I'm not advertising anyone, I just to want to add some correct yoga poses photos that's it. Thank you for your valuable words. Try this photo. File:Bakasana...jpg Yogini Asha (talk) 06:35, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Yogini Asha, and thank you for discussing. The historic sources including the Sritattvanidhi name, describe, and in its case also illustrate both Bakasana (Crane) and Kakasana (Crow) (they are both on Plate 5 of Norman Sjoman's The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace which reproduces the Sritattvanidhi illustrations), thus recognising that
- a) they existed already in the 19th century
- b) they are different
- c) that both of them are "right postures", one with straight arms, one with bent arms.
- It is quite possible that you have been taught that "Bakasana means the pose with bent arms", but the general agreement in the documented sources (I have added several to the article) is that the bent-arm pose is Kakasana, the Crow. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:17, 24 March 2019 (UTC)