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The '''Swastikasana''' or '''Auspicious Pose''' is a cross-legged sitting asana which resembles a swastika, in which the feet are placed between the thighs and calf muscles. And hands are placed in jnana or chin mudra. This is one of the meditative posture done when the practitioner has difficulty with Siddhasana and Padmasana.
The name comes from the Sanskrit words ''su'', meaning “good”; ''asti'', meaning “to be” or “existence”; ''ka'', meaning “to make”.
The symbol ''Swastika'' represents fertility, good fortune, happiness, creativity, and auspicious, and hence induces the same in the body.
==Special Notes==
*This is one of the Asanas prescribed in Hatha Yoga Pradipika.*The pose may be practiced while sitting on the edge of a folded blanket to ease strain on the hips.
==Related Asanas==
*[[Hatha Yoga Pradipika (book)]] published by YPT, Munger.
*[https://www.yogapoint.com/yoga-poses/swastikasana.htm Step by step visual methods]
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