> 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@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. 

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.squatting
पर्यङ्कबद्धparyaGkabaddhaadj.squatting
पल्यङ्कpalyaGkam.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 the best,

Patrick McCartney, PhD
Fellow

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