Astavakrasana
Astavakrasana[1] (Sanskrit: अष्टावक्रासन; IAST: Aṣṭāvakrāsana) or Eight-Angle Pose[2] is a hand-balancing asana in modern yoga as exercise dedicated to the sage Astavakra, the spiritual guru of King Janaka.[4] According to B. K. S. Iyengar's Light on Yoga, Astavakra was believed to be the spiritual guru of King Janaka, father of Sita.When he was in his mother's womb, his father Kagola recited the Vedas inaccurately, making the unborn child laugh.Kagola, furious, put a curse on the baby to be born bent in eight places, "Astavakra" meaning eight bends.The pose is entered from a squatting position, one arm between the feet, the other just outside the other foot, palms on the floor.
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