Re: [INDOLOGY] plié squat

[Marina Orelskaya]

Dear Patrick,

in Indian dance technique, the proper Sanskrit word for "arrai mandi" is ardhamaNDalI.


Best,
Dr. Marina V. Orelskaya


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On Tue, 12/20/16, patrick mccartney <psdmccartney at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: [INDOLOGY] plié squat
 To: "Indology List" <indology at list.indology.info>
 Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2016, 2:26 AM
 
 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. 
 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.
 
 उत्कुटकutkuTakaadj.squattingपर्यङ्कबद्धparyaGkabaddhaadj.squattingपल्यङ्कpalyaGkam.squatting
 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
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 Patrick McCartney,
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