Tadasana

Tāḍāsana is from the Sanskrit words {{lang|sa|ताड}} {{lang|sa-Latn|tāḍa}}, "mountain" and {{lang|sa|आसन}} {{lang|sa-Latn|āsana}} meaning "posture" or "seat".{{sfn|Ranjini|2012|p=[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=Asana&script=&direction=SE&link=yes आसन entry]}}{{sfn|Sinha|1996|p=18}} Samasthitiḥ is from {{lang|sa|सम}} {{lang|sa-Latn|sama}} meaning "equal", "level", or "balanced";{{sfn|Ranjini|2012|p=[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=DI&beginning=0+&tinput=sama&trans=Translate&direction=AU समा entry]}}{{sfn|Steiner|2012|p=[http://www.ashtangayoga.info/practice/asana-vinyasa-series/surya-namaskara-a-sun-salutation/item/samasthitih/ Samasthitih]}} and {{lang|sa|स्थिति}} {{lang|sa-Latn|sthiti}}, "standing".{{sfn|Ranjini|2012 |p=[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=sthiti&script=&direction=SE&link=yes स्थिति entry]}}

Tāḍāsana is from the Sanskrit words {{lang|sa|ताड}} {{lang|sa-Latn|tāḍa}}, "mountain" and {{lang|sa|आसन}} {{lang|sa-Latn|āsana}} meaning "posture" or "seat".{{sfn|Ranjini|2012|p=[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=Asana&script=&direction=SE&link=yes आसन entry]}}{{sfn|Sinha|1996|p=18}} Samasthitiḥ is from {{lang|sa|सम}} {{lang|sa-Latn|sama}} meaning "equal", "level", or "balanced";{{sfn|Ranjini|2012|p=[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=DI&beginning=0+&tinput=sama&trans=Translate&direction=AU समा entry]}}{{sfn|Steiner|2012|p=[http://www.ashtangayoga.info/practice/asana-vinyasa-series/surya-namaskara-a-sun-salutation/item/samasthitih/ Samasthitih]}} and {{lang|sa|स्थिति}} {{lang|sa-Latn|sthiti}}, "standing".{{sfn|Ranjini|2012 |p=[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=sthiti&script=&direction=SE&link=yes स्थिति entry]}}

The pose was unknown in [[hatha yoga]] until the 20th century ''[[Light on Yoga]]'', but it appears in the 1896 ''Vyayama Dipika'', a manual of [[gymnastics]], as part of the "very old" sequence of ''danda'' (Sanskrit for "staff" or "stick") exercises. [[Norman Sjoman]] suggests that it was among the poses adopted into modern [[yoga as exercise]] in [[Mysore]] by [[Krishnamacharya]] to form the "primary foundation" for his [[vinyasa]]s with flowing movements between poses. The pose was then taken up by his pupils [[Pattabhi Jois]] and [[B. K. S. Iyengar]], into their worldwide [[Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga]] and Iyengar Yoga styles respectively.{{cite book |last=Sjoman |first=Norman E. |author-link=Norman Sjoman |title=The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace |title-link=The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=1999 |orig-year=1996 |isbn=81-7017-389-2 |pages=54–55, 100–101}}

Tadasana is known as [[Kayotsarga]] in [[Jainism]]. The pose was unknown in [[hatha yoga]] until the 20th century ''[[Light on Yoga]]'', but it appears in the 1896 ''Vyayama Dipika'', a manual of [[gymnastics]], as part of the "very old" sequence of ''danda'' (Sanskrit for "staff" or "stick") exercises. [[Norman Sjoman]] suggests that it was among the poses adopted into modern [[yoga as exercise]] in [[Mysore]] by [[Krishnamacharya]] to form the "primary foundation" for his [[vinyasa]]s with flowing movements between poses. The pose was then taken up by his pupils [[Pattabhi Jois]] and [[B. K. S. Iyengar]], into their worldwide [[Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga]] and Iyengar Yoga styles respectively.{{cite book |last=Sjoman |first=Norman E. |author-link=Norman Sjoman |title=The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace |title-link=The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=1999 |orig-year=1996 |isbn=81-7017-389-2 |pages=54–55, 100–101}}

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