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The final category of postures is those named after divine forms. No postures in the Intermediate Series are named directly for a divine form, but several postures are related to celestial beings. These include Pashasana (the noose being the weapon of Varuna and Yama), Kapotasana (Kapota being one of the hundred names of Lord Shiva), the three Vajrasanas (the thunderbolt or vajra being the weapon of Lord Indra), and Yoganidrasana (which refers to the child form of the Lord Vishnu during the great deluge, Mahapralaya). There are many postures named after divine forms in the later, more advanced sequences.

Table 2 summarizes the categories and locates each Intermediate Series posture within its category.

Next we will take a closer look at the mythology behind the name of each posture.