Talk:Shirshasana

Shirshasana is currently a Recreation good article nominee. Nominated by Chiswick Chap (talk) at 15:41, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

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This article was nominated for deletion on 26 June 2011. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

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Requested move

Latest comment: 18 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Propose that the article be moved to the seemingly more common name Sirsasana, and that various Sanskrit interpret spellings Shirsasana, Sirshasana, Shirshasana, Shirshasan.. be used as redirects. Anyone have strong feelings and good reason why not?

This is in actuality a Proposed move, not yet a Requested move, and will not be added to WP:RM until a consensus is clear. Murgh ^disc. 11:11, 24 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Discussion Moved to Talk:Yoga#Requested move - Please add comments there and not here —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davin7 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 24 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Reverts on chronology edits

Latest comment: 15 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Hi @Chiswick Chap, I didn't fully understand the reasoning you gave in your edit summaries for reverting my edit to offer a chronological account of the posture. Could we get on the same page before we continue editing? Swirlymarigold (talk) 16:24, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for discussing. I stated pretty directly that the (historic) names for the pose are less significant than the purpose of the practice, in other words that as far as the history is concerned, that what people thought the were achieving by adopting the bodily position was the key thing. As such, the fact that it was used as a mudra to retain the prana is significant, and certainly deserves to come first. The second paragraph then describes some of the names used for the bodily position, and it makes sense within that paragraph to list the earlier names first. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:16, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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