Re: [INDOLOGY] plié squat

[Nagaraj Paturi]

> I am translating a video of a friend's yoga class from her website into
Sanskrit.

Patrick, you say you want to translate into Sanskrit. Arrai Mandi is a
non-Sanskrit native Tamil word.

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 4:56 AM, patrick mccartney <psdmccartney at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> Mostly just for a bit of fun I am translating a video of a friend's yoga
> class from her website into Sanskrit. Having transcribed her instructions I
> am now in the process of translating it. This is also part of a larger
> (side)-project to look at the 'grammar of yoga classes'. I am trying to
> build up a corpus of linguistic material from yoga classes. I will
> eventually add to the video transliterated subtitles and a dubbed audio
> channel as well.
>
> My question for the list is: how you might translate *plié, *as in a *plié
> squat <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNKVK2axeNI>. *
>
> Below are some terms for 'squatting' in spokensanskrit.de, but I'm
> curious to know if there is a more closer way to translate it than the
> options below.
>
>
> उत्कुटक utkuTaka
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=utkuTaka&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=>
> adj. *squatting*
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=squatting&direction=ES&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=>
> पर्यङ्कबद्ध paryaGkabaddha
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=paryaGkabaddha&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=>
> adj. *squatting*
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=squatting&direction=ES&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=>
> पल्यङ्क palyaGka
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=palyaGka&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=>
> m. *squatting*
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=squatting&direction=ES&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=>
>
> I'm wondering if there is a *bhāratanāṭyam* term that might get closer.
> My current choice is: *arrai mandi*, however, as someone who has 0%
> knowledge of Tamil, I'm not sure if I have transliterated this correctly OR
> if it is the best choice of dance positions that represents a *plié*
> squat.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Patrick McCartney, PhD
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Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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