trikonasana
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit त्रिकोणासन (trikoṇāsana), from त्रिकोण (trikoṇa, “triangle”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).
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Proper noun[edit]
trikonasana
- (yoga) A pose in which the legs are kept straight and wide apart, in the shape of a triangle, while the upper body bends.
- 2006 January 14, The Guardian:
- It is 30 years since I tried yoga, but it mostly came back: trikonasana, this-asana, that-asana.
- 2009, Mel Robin, A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers, page 918:
- Because the feet are widely separated left to right in trikonasana, there is no problem with wobbling or falling in the left-to-right direction […].
- 2012, Leslie Kaminoff, Amy Matthews, Yoga Anatomy, page 40:
- Trikonasana, or triangle pose, is often referred to as a lateral stretch, and this is true insofar as it lengthens the connective tissue pathway that runs along the side of the body.
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Translations[edit]
the Triangle Pose in yoga
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References[edit]
- Leslie Kaminoff: Yoga Anatomy, 2007