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English
Etymology
From Sanskrit अधोमुखश्वानासन (adhomukhaśvānāsana), from अधस् (adhas, “down”) + मुख (mukha, “face”) + श्वान (śvāna, “dog”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɑːdəʊ ˌmuːkə ʃvəˈnɑːsənə/
Noun
adho mukha svanasana (uncountable)
- (yoga) Downward-facing dog.
1978 Jul, Yoga Journal:The principles of Adho Mukha Svanasana are simple, but very effective.
2007, BKS Iyengar, Iyengar: The Yoga Master, page 152:You can press your feet more strongly into the floor in adho mukha svanasana by shifting your weight away from your hands and toward your feet.
2007 August 21, Washington Post:I tried out […] one produced as part of a Christian "Faith in Fitness" series that tries to sweep away the Hindu roots with biblical names for the poses (Jonah's Whale instead of adho mukha svanasana, a.k.a. the ever-popular downward dog), and a dose of Corinthians instead of om shanti shanti shanti.