anga

American  

[uhng-guh] / ˈʌŋ gə /

noun

1. any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.

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Etymology

Origin of anga

From the Sanskrit word aṅga (plural)

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Example Sentences

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anga

In their strangely poetical language, the Tupi Indians, of Brazil, term a child pitanga, "suck soul," from piter, "to suck," anga, "soul."

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Alexander F. Chamberlain

Here run two lines of it: “Yanggukeni chajin anga    Wheanpong tora deunda, The thick fog of the Westerners    Broods over Whean peak.”

From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London

The word for soul is anganga, which is a reduplicated form of anga, a verb meaning "to go" or "to come."

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer

Anga atu means to go away; anga mai signifies to come.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner

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