42 Yoga - Sanskrit Root Words

quoted  from “Light on Yoga” by B.K.S. Iyengar

• Sarvangasana = The whole body
• Utthita = Raised up, extended, stretched.
• Parsva = Lateral, side
• Nava = Boat
• Danda = Staff
• Kona =   Angle
• Mala = Wreath
• Svana = Dog
• Supta = Sleeping, lying down
• Urdhva = Upward
• Ut = Intensity
• Parsarita = Spread/stretched out
• Pachima = West
• Pada = Foot or leg
• Karna = Ear
• Angusta = Big Toe
• Muhka = Face
• Ardha = Half
• Sava = Corpse
• Tan = Stretch, extend, lengthen
• Parivrtta = Turned around, revolved,
• Janu = Knee
• Sirsa = Head
• Baddha = Caught, restrained, bound
• Padma = Lotus
• Eka = One
• Upavistha = Seated
• Karna = Ear
• Salamba = With support
• Hasta = Hand
• Parsva = Side or flank
• Niralamba = Without support
• Hala = Plough
• Mayura = Peacock
• Ubhaya = Both
• Go = Cow
• Paripurna = Entire or complete
• Bhujangasana = Serpent
• Chatur = Four
• Ariga = Limb or part of
• Vatayanasana =    Horse
• Garuda = Eagle