Sanskrit Vocabulary

** please note this page is a work in progress... this is simply me trying to learn and make sense of a foreign language.

Postures - Sanskrit

A
Adho - Downward
Adho Mukha Svanasana - Downward Facing Dog
Angusta - Big Toe
Ardha - Half
Ardha Hanumanasana - Half Splits


B
Bakasana - Crow/Crane
Balasana - Child's Pose

C
Chaturanaga Dandasana - four limbed staff pose/ lowered Plank

D
Dandasana - Staff pose

E
Eka - One

H
Hasta - Hand
Hanuman - Monkey God
Hanumanasana - Full Splits

J
Janue - Knee

K
Kumbhakasana - Plank Pose

M
Mukha - Face

P
Pada - Foot/leg
Paschimottanasana - Seated forward fold

S
Savasana - Corp's pose
Svana - Dog

T
Tadasana - Standing
Trikonansana - Triangle
U
Ukatanasa - Chair Pose
Utthita - Extended
Utthita Chaturanga Dandasana - Plank Pose
Utthita Hasta Padangustasana - Extended hand-to-big-toe Pose
Uttanasana - Forward Fold

V
Virabadrasana I - Warrior I
Virabadrasana II - Warrior II
Virabadrasana III - Warrior II
Vrikasana - Tree Pose


Postures - English

Downward Facing Dog
Extended Hand-to-big-toe Pose
Half Moon
High Lunge
Pigeon Pose
Plank Pose - Utthita Chaturanga Dandasana OR Kumbhakasana
Tree Pose
Wide legged forward fold
staff pose