Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salabhasana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sal-ab-hasana
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The locust pose, a back-bending yoga asana.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Sanskrit शलभ (śalabha, “grasshopper, locust”) + आसन (āsana, “seat, chair; sitting, way of sitting”).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

shalabhasana (alternative)

Questions

What does salabhasana mean?: The locust pose, a back-bending yoga asana.
Where does salabhasana come from?: From Sanskrit शलभ (śalabha, “grasshopper, locust”) + आसन (āsana, “seat, chair; sitting, way of sitting”).

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