tadasana

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ताडासन (tāḍāsana), from ताड (tāḍa, “mountain”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /təˈdɑːsənə/

Noun

tadasana (uncountable)

1. (yoga) A position in which one stands straight upright with feet together and hands by one's sides.
   • 2006, Srivatsa Ramaswami, David Hurwitz, Yoga Beneath the Surface, page 68:

     After three or four such movements, you may rest in tadasana and collect your breath.

   • 2009 June 20, William Dalrymple, The Guardian:

     Naked but for an orange lungi, a great lifesize yogi stands with his palms extended in the yogic posture of tadasana, with the cities and forests of the world spaced out over his face, feet, arms and torso.

Synonyms

• mountain pose