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- noun An
ancient Indian game , its rules not fully known, presumed to be theancestor ofchess and similar games.
Etymologies
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Its author, Chanakya, describes chess as a game of war strategy, known as chaturanga, played on an 8-by-8 board.
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Its author, Chanakya, describes chess as a game of war strategy, known as chaturanga, played on an 8-by-8 board.
Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008
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For many, it takes years of practice to get to the point that we don't obsess over the lines appearing on the corners of our eyes, or lament the injury that has us refraining from chaturanga for a few months.
Alanna Kaivalya: Perfect Yoga Body? Not a Chance Alanna Kaivalya 2012
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For many, it takes years of practice to get to the point that we don't obsess over the lines appearing on the corners of our eyes, or lament the injury that has us refraining from chaturanga for a few months.
Alanna Kaivalya: Perfect Yoga Body? Not a Chance Alanna Kaivalya 2012
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Dressed in a silk dress by the French couture house Vionnet and Chanel fingerless gloves that showcased her yoga-enhanced chaturanga arms, Madonna was perched on a Louis XVI-inspired settee in the Royal suite at the Waldorf-Astoria—where the Duke and Duchess of Windsor once lived in New York—as several of her favorite gardenia-scented Diptyque candles burned during a recent interview.
'I Know That Feeling of Devastation' Rachel Dodes 2012
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For many, it takes years of practice to get to the point that we don't obsess over the lines appearing on the corners of our eyes, or lament the injury that has us refraining from chaturanga for a few months.
Alanna Kaivalya: Perfect Yoga Body? Not a Chance Alanna Kaivalya 2012
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Teachers emphasize clearing the mind and use yoga terms like "chaturanga arms."
The Latest Spin in Studio Cycling: Anti-Sweat Bikes Katherine Rosman 2011
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For many, it takes years of practice to get to the point that we don't obsess over the lines appearing on the corners of our eyes, or lament the injury that has us refraining from chaturanga for a few months.
Alanna Kaivalya: Perfect Yoga Body? Not a Chance Alanna Kaivalya 2012
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For many, it takes years of practice to get to the point that we don't obsess over the lines appearing on the corners of our eyes, or lament the injury that has us refraining from chaturanga for a few months.
Alanna Kaivalya: Perfect Yoga Body? Not a Chance Alanna Kaivalya 2012
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For many, it takes years of practice to get to the point that we don't obsess over the lines appearing on the corners of our eyes, or lament the injury that has us refraining from chaturanga for a few months.
Alanna Kaivalya: Perfect Yoga Body? Not a Chance Alanna Kaivalya 2012
eudoxia commented on the word chaturanga
aah.. the old Indian word for chess.
April 25, 2007