The yoga scholar Norman Sjoman notes, however, that the traditional Indian Vyayama gymnastic exercises include a set of movements called "dands", similar to Surya Namaskar and to the vinyasas used in modern yoga. The 19th century Sritattvanidhi uses the name Dandasana for a different pose, the body held straight, supported by a rope. The pose is not found in the medieval hatha yoga texts. The name Dandasana ( Sanskrit: दण्डासन IAST: daṇḍāsana) is from Sanskrit दण्ड daṇḍa meaning "stick" or "staff". The pose is described in the 15th-century Hatha Yoga Pradipika, chapter 1, verses 28-29. The name Paschimottanasana comes from the Sanskrit words paschima (पश्चिम, paścima) meaning "west" or "the back of the body" uttana (उत्तान, uttāna) meaning "intense stretch" or "straight" or "extended" and asana (आसन, āsana) meaning "posture" or "seat". Paschimottanasana illustrated in an 1830 manuscript of the Jogapradipika
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