Comments on: what are the English definitions to Sandscrit terms used in Ashtanga Yoga? http://www.ashtangavinyasayoga.com/uncategorized/what-are-the-english-definitions-to-sandscrit-terms-used-in-ashtanga-yoga Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:01:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Vivax http://www.ashtangavinyasayoga.com/uncategorized/what-are-the-english-definitions-to-sandscrit-terms-used-in-ashtanga-yoga#comment-694 Vivax Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:26:30 +0000 http://www.ashtangavinyasayoga.com/uncategorized/what-are-the-english-definitions-to-sandscrit-terms-used-in-ashtanga-yoga#comment-694 First of all, it is Sanskrit and not sandscrit. "Asta " means eight; "anga" means body parts. Asthanga yoga must be the exercise for 8 different parts/joints of the body. Thats why it is called so.<br><b>References : </b><br> First of all, it is Sanskrit and not sandscrit.
"Asta " means eight; "anga" means body parts.
Asthanga yoga must be the exercise for 8 different parts/joints of the body. Thats why it is called so.
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