tadasana

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UK/təˈdɑːsənə/

noun

A position in which one stands straight upright with feet together and hands by one's sides.

Similar
mountain pose
OriginSanskrit ताडासन →
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Meanings

nountadasana (uncountable)
  1. uncountableyogaA position in which one stands straight upright with feet together and hands by one's sides.

    After three or four such movements, you may rest in tadasana and collect your breath.

    2006, Srivatsa Ramaswami, David Hurwitz, Yoga Beneath the Surface, page 68
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    Naked but for an orange lungi, a great lifesize yogi stands with his palms extended in the yogic posture of tadasana, with the cities and forests of the world spaced out over his face, feet, arms and torso.

    2009 June 20, William Dalrymple, The Guardian

    Synonyms: mountain pose

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA position in which one stands straight upright with feet together and hands by one's sides.

Similar
mountain pose

Origin

  1. Sanskritताडासन
  2. Englishtadasana

From Sanskrit ताडासन (tāḍāsana), from ताड (tāḍa, “mountain”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).

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