The plié squat Video that you shared shows that the condition that the feet have to be close to each other while the fingers of the feet are directed in mutually opposite directions, left foot fingers rightwards left foot fingers leftwards the two feet making 180 degrees to each other does not exist in the  plié squat. The movement of pulling down the hip region in  plié squat  is not found in Arrai Mandi.  

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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Nagaraj Paturi
 
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
 
Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
 
FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
 
(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
 
 
 



--
Nagaraj Paturi
 
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
 
Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
 
FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
 
(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )