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supta = lying down or sleeping, reclining, supine<br />

surya = sun<br />

surya yantra = sun dial<br />

surya-chakra = nervous plexus situated between the navel and the heart<br />

surya-nadi = the nadi of the Sun; another name for pingala-nadi<br />

sushumna = the main nadi channel situated inside the spinal column, a hollow passageway between<br />

pingala nadi and ida nadi that runs through the spinal cord, and through which kundalini can travel<br />

once it is awakened<br />

sutra = thread: a work consisting of aphoristic statements such as Patanjali’s <strong>Yoga</strong> Sutra<br />

sva = one’s own, innate, vital force; soul, self<br />

svadhyaya = education of self by study of divine literature, self-study, to study one’s body, mind,<br />

intellect, and ego; one of the niyamas<br />

svarga = heaven<br />

svastika = good fortune<br />

Svatmarama = the author of Hatha-yoga-pradipika, a classical textbook on Hatha <strong>Yoga</strong><br />

swadhishtana chakra = site of worldly desires, energy center located above the organ of generation<br />

Swami Sivananda = a well-known yogi of the 20th century, founder of Sivananda <strong>Yoga</strong><br />

Swami Vishnu Devananda = a close disciple of Swami Sivananda<br />

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taal-vrksa = palm tree<br />

tada = mountain, straight tree<br />

tadasana-samasthiti = a state of balance; an even distribution of weight while standing<br />

tan = stretch, lengthen out or extend<br />

tana = to stretch out, extend<br />

Tandava (Thandava) = sacred frantic dance representing the cosmic cycles of creation and<br />

destruction performed by the Hindu Deity Lord Shiva<br />

tantra = thread on the loom<br />

Tantra (Tantric) <strong>Yoga</strong> = this yoga is characterized by certain rituals designed to awaken the kundalini<br />

tap = to burn, to blaze, to shine, to suffer pain, to be consumed by heat<br />

tapa = austerity<br />

tapas = a burning effort, glow, heat; austerity gained through the committed practice of yoga, selfdiscipline;<br />

practice with discipline, devotion and religiosity; one of the niyamas<br />

tara = star<br />

Taraka = a demon slain by Kartikeya, the god of war<br />

tha = the second syllable of the word hatha; the first syllable ha stands for the sun, while the second<br />

syllable tha stands for the moon; the union of these two is represented in Hatha <strong>Yoga</strong><br />

thavali = frog in Tamil<br />

tirieng = horizontal, oblique, transverse, reverse, upside down<br />

tiryak= horizontally, sideways, obliquely, across<br />

tiryang-mukha = backward facing<br />

tittibha = a small bird living along the coastline; firefly; or insect

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