page_title: Simhasana
section_title: Etymology and origins
hierarchical_section_title: Simhasana / Etymology and origins
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration of Narasimhasana (Simhasana) yoga pose from manuscript of, 1830.
context_page_description: Simhasana or Lion Pose is an asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise.
context_section_description: The name comes from the Sanskrit words simha (सिंह), meaning "lion", and āsana (आसन), meaning "posture" or "seat". The pose has also been named Narasimhasana, from Sanskrit नरसिंह Narasimha, a lion-man avatar of the god Vishnu. The posture is described in the tenth century Vimānārcanākalpa.
caption: "Narasimhasana" from an illustrated manuscript of the Joga Pradipika, 1830
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