Something about Sanskrit

[Guest guest]

I came across a long out-of-print book on BKS

Iyendar today. (I'm not sure of the full title, but it

had something to do with a commemoration of Iyengar's

70th birthday). <br><br>Several very interesting

interviews were featured. In one, Iyengar speaks his

knowledge of the Yoga Korunta. He tells us that "korunti"

is sanskrit for "puppet" or "wooden doll," and that

the Yoga Korunta was a treatise on the practice of

hatha yoga using fixed ropes for support. That is, the

yogi practices with these ropes in similar manner to a

puppet being operated by strings.<br><br>Iyengar said he

went on to develop prop practice with non-fixed ropes,

finding this a more useful means of support.<br><br>If

"korunti" really does mean "puppet" in sankrit, it seems

that Iyengar knows more about the Yoga Korunta than

does Guruji.<br><br>Let's see what the online sankrit

dictionary tell us...

[Guest guest]

Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon <br>New Search

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----<br><br>kuruNTa<br>Entry kuruNTa<br> <br>Meaning m. yellow amaranth L. ;

yellow Barleria L. ; (%{I}) f. a doll , puppet made of

wood L. ; the wife of a Bra1hman L. <br>

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[Guest guest]

screwgee,<br><br>I think you are talking about

the book "70 Glorious years",

<a href=http://www.bksiyengar.com/refbooks.htm#GY

target=new>http://www.bksiyengar.com/refbooks.htm#GY</a> .<br><br>It is

interesting to note that in the

interview he gave to Anne Cushman in the "Yoga Journal",

BKS Iyengar says that T.Krishnamacharya used ropes

fixed to the wall as props for doing the postures.

[Guest guest]

In the Sanskrit dictionaries at my university library (I am a law student) I

didn't see the word "korunta" anywhere. But I found the entry "kora": it means

"movable joint".