San was an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. Its shape was similar to modern M, or to a modern Greek Sigma turned sideways, and it was used as an alternative to Sigma to denote the sound. Unlike Sigma, whose position in the alphabet is between Rho and Tau, San appeared between Pi and Qoppa in alphabetic order.
A pose is a particular way that you stand, sit, or lie, for example when you are being photographed or painted. We have had several preliminary sittings in various poses. Synonyms: posture, position, bearing, attitude More Synonyms of pose.
You don't have to learn the whole language. In fact, with just a small Sanskrit vocabulary, you can decode most yoga pose names. Almost all yoga pose names end with the word asana, a Sanskrit word that literally means seat, although it's often translated as pose.. Many pose names feature Sanskrit numbers.