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Volume : II, Issue : VI, July - 2012

SURYA NAMASKAR AN HOLISTIC EXERCISE

Rajani Dalvi

Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

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Surya means Sun in Sanskrit word and Namaskar is the Hindi word for Salutation or greeting. It comes from the root 'Nam' meaing to bow. So Namaskar essentially means Salute, Salutation or greeting. Sun salutation can be found in the Indian Vedas, which are the oldest spiritual scriptures known. Surya Namaskar or Sun Salutation is a common sequence of Hatha Yoga Asana. Its origins lie in a worship of Surya the Indian.

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Rajani Dalvi, (2012). SURYA NAMASKAR AN HOLISTIC EXERCISE. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. VI, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1105.pdf

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  1. Patanjali's yaga sutras: 'Positive Health' Vivekanada yoga prakashna, Banglore, January 2008.
  2. http ://www.surya.org/
  3. httkp://ww.suryanamaskar.into/.

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