- the 20th
century name Shirshasana, but an
older name for the pose is
Kapalasana. Sometimes, the
names have the same meaning, as with
Bidalasana and Marjariasana...
- the 17th
century onwards in
hatha yoga
under names such as Narakasana,
Kapalasana and Viparitakaranasana; its
purpose as a
mudra was to
reverse the downflow...
- However, the 19th
century Sritattvanidhi uses the name Śīrṣāsana as well as
Kapālāsana,
while the
Malla Purana, a 13th-century
manual for wrestlers,
names but...
- the 17th
century this had
become an asana,
variously named narakasana,
kapalasana, and viparitakaranasana, part of the long
process of
growth of the practice...
