Mastika means “head” or “top of the head” and naga means “snake” or “cobra”. In Hindi, Gujarati and Sanskrit two or three words are joined, which is called “sandhi”.

मक्सिकानागा – मक्सिकानागासन

Forward I originally began learning ગુજરાતી (Gujarati) around 2001 as a means to better understand my family heritage. But it has since expanded into an appreciation of other Indic languages and even right-to-left writing systems such as Arabic and Urdu. Whilst ગુજરાતી (Gujarati) came first for me but it wasn’t a huge leap to हिन्दी (Hindi) and संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit). In the first part of the book I will break down selected yoga poses as a “way in” to the language. [Read More]

References

• Wikipedia’s list of asana (whence inspiration originated)
• The Travis CI nightly that generates this page
• Some cool old illustrations in Joga Pradīpikā