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Sthaanakam cha aayatha aaliddham prenkhanam prerithaani cha
Prathyaalidham swasthikam cha motitham samasoochika
Paarshvasoochithicha dashamandala neerithaaniha
There are ten standing postures:
| Sthănaka | Standing with feet together (Samapãda) & hands on hip with ardhachandra hasta |
| Aayata | Aradhamandali position |
| Aalidha | |
| Pratyălidha | Tha hands and legs are interchanged in the Alidha posture |
| Prenkhana | Putting one foot at the side of the another heel and having kurma hands |
| Prerita | Putting one foot violently on the earth at a distance of about 3 feet from one another ;standing with knees bent and left hand in Shikhara hasta near chest and right hand in Pataka hasta stretched out |
| Swastika | Right foot is put across the left left and the right hand is put across the left hand |
| Motita | Sitting in murmandi and touching the earth with each knee alternatively and with Tripataka hasta on both hands. |
| Samasuchi | A posture where in the earth is touched with toes and knees . |
| Parshvasuchi | Murmandi where in the earth is touched with toes and by one knee on one side |
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