This article is within the scope of WikiProject Yoga, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Yoga, Hatha yoga, Yoga as exercise and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.YogaWikipedia:WikiProject YogaTemplate:WikiProject YogaYoga articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Hinduism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Hinduism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.HinduismWikipedia:WikiProject HinduismTemplate:WikiProject HinduismHinduism articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Spirituality, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of spirituality-related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SpiritualityWikipedia:WikiProject SpiritualityTemplate:WikiProject SpiritualitySpirituality articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Alternative medicine, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Alternative medicine related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Alternative medicineWikipedia:WikiProject Alternative medicineTemplate:WikiProject Alternative medicineAlternative medicine articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Health and fitness, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of health and physical fitness related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Health and fitnessWikipedia:WikiProject Health and fitnessTemplate:WikiProject Health and fitnessHealth and fitness articles
The contents of the Kākāsana page were merged into Bakasana. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page.
Latest comment: 12 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion
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)Reply
Latest comment: 5 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
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)Reply
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)Reply
