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unsigned early comment[edit]

The article is ambiguous; it seems the person is standing, but does not say so. Should the person be standing?

unverifiable content removed[edit]

". Some consider Paschimottanasana to be a safer stretch since gravity is less of a factor than active flexibility in achieving flexibility in the furthest reaches of the stretch. It.."

spent 10-15 minutes searching net for anyone reputable or otherwise to put their name to this. couldn't find, so removed until citation appears.

Also removed: "a standing front bend, which is more passive in its initial stages, making it a good transition between the two forms. "

transition between what 2 forms? we are only talking about 2.

also added more likely translation of "Paschi-" as dorsal, than the "western" that has been around this and other articles used as source for a number of years. Trev M (talk) 21:23, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation not correct[edit]

The pronunciation "pash-ee-moh-tan-ahs-anna" does not seem correct, at least not if we look at the devanagari script, which indicates that the name of this posture should rather be pronounced "pash-chi-moh-tahn-ahs-anna". There seems to be widespread confusion though, since e.g. Yoga Journal's page on this posture also distorts the "chi" part, but at least according to an audiobook I have (Nicolai Bachman - The Language of Yoga), the reading of the script does not correspond to what this article (and YJ) says. The reference for the pronunciation is currently a book by Ray Long, who is an anatomy expert and not a sanskrit scholar. Does anybody know of a better reference for the pronunciation of the names of different postures? /Salsero (talk) 15:49, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The pronunciation indicated for the English definitely seems off. English normally doesn't have doubled consonants and an /æ/ immediately before a stressed syllable is a pretty unnatural pronunciation. — Æµ§œš¹ _{[lɛts b̥iː pʰəˈlaɪˀt]} 16:45, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed it. We aren't using respell on other āsana articles and the version is as Salsero said clearly wrong anyway. Better off without it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:43, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]