Biḍālāsana
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thumb|upright=1.2|Bidalasana, or Cat Pose, at an outdoor yoga event thumb|upright=1.2|The counter-posture, Bitilasana, or Cow Pose Bidalasana (; ) or Marjariasana (; ), both meaning Cat Pose in Sanskrit, is a kneeling asana in modern yoga as exercise. A variant with one leg held up is Vyaghrasana (; ), Tiger Pose; a similar variant with one leg held straight out is Chakravakasana (; ), Sunbird Pose. A variant with the back lowered is Bitilasana (; ), Cow Pose; this is often used as the counter-posture, and a widely used exercise is to alternate between Cat and Cow Poses repeatedly.
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Vinony's link graph records 96 inbound references to Biḍālāsana, and connects out to Sanskrit, Tree Pose and Yoga as exercise or alternative medicine marathi.
It sits within the topics Backbend asanas and Core strength asanas.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Etymology and origins
- Description
- Variations
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thumb|upright=1.2|Bidalasana, or Cat Pose, at an outdoor yoga event thumb|upright=1.2|The counter-posture, Bitilasana, or Cow Pose Bidalasana (; ) or Marjariasana (; ), both meaning Cat Pose in Sanskrit, is a kneeling asana in modern yoga as exercise. A variant with one leg held up is Vyaghrasana (; ), Tiger Pose; a similar variant with one leg held straight out is Chakravakasana (; ), Sunbird Pose. A variant with the back lowered is Bitilasana (; ), Cow Pose; this is often used as the counter-posture, and a widely used exercise is to alternate between Cat and Cow Poses repeatedly.
==Etymology and origins==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biḍālāsana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.