Utkutikasana

Sitting posture (asana) in yoga practice
in which the legs are contracted, with
the soles of the feet pressed against each
other and the outer part of the feet and
legs flat on the ground. This posture is
the one in which images of the deities
are portrayed in Hindu iconography,
and it seems to be the position called
samasthana in the commentaries to the
Yoga Sutras. This position is also
notable because it appears to be portrayed on one of the seals from the
Indus Valley civilization; the figure in
this position is the mysterious horned
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Utkutikasana
deity that some viewers have sought to
identify as a “proto-Shiva.”