Yogabulary is a comprehensive yoga asana vocabulary building flashcard app, with
200 flashcards that cover all the terms that make up the names of common yoga
poses, as well as, most of the more esoteric ones.
Designed to help you learn the terms that make up the names of yoga poses; the
cards contain the component terms, not the full names of the postures. For
example, you will find “bheka” (frog), and “asana” (pose) but not “bhekasana”.
Let’s have a quick tour of the app!
The Home Menu
Upon launching the app, you will be presented with the Home Menu; this is where
selections are made, and / or searches are performed.
To make or clear a selection, tap on the square
boxes on the right of the category name.
Unselected categories have empty boxes;
Selected categories are ticked.
Tapping on an empty box will select it;
Tapping on a box with a tick will deselect it.
You may also tap the All Cards box
to select or deselect all the cards at once.
Given the limitations of screen size, you may have
to scroll down to view the rest of the categories.
In the example on the left, Actions & Body Parts
are selected; All Cards, Animals, Birds, Deities and
Directions & Positions are not selected.
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The Search Function
Searches must be performed in the Home Menu;
Tap on the search field, a keyboard will appear for
your use, or scroll up and down to look for your
word.
You may enter a few letters to narrow your search,
without losing the ability to search by scrolling up
and down the screen…
Every letter you enter will help refine the results by
removing any word that DOES NOT contain the
entered letter(s).
Sanskrit, or English terms may be searched.
In the example on the left, since “vat” is typed, the
only options are “vatayana” and “parvata” - tap on
either to retrieve the card.
The Cards
Each card is black on one side and white on the
other; tapping the card will flip the card from the
black-side to the white-side, or vice versa.
On the black-side of the card, you will find the
Sanksrit term rendered in:
1. Devanagari
2. Standard transliteration
3. Commonly spelled variations
4. Layperson’s pronunciation guide
To advance to the next card, swipe left*
To return to a previous card, swipe right*
(*you may swipe the card or anywhere else on the
screen, just watch out for the buttons!)
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On the white side of the card, you will find the English
translation of the Sanskrit term.
The Buttons
Home button: returns you to the Home menu, where you
may change your selections, or perform searches. Each
time you return to the Home menu, any cards that have
been removed are reinstated; randomized cards are return
to alphabetical order.
Info button:
information.
click
for
instructions,
(and
surprise!)
Dice button: tap the dice to shuffle the cards… each time
you start, the cards are arranged in alphabetical order.
Shuffling them will randomize the order. If you want to
return to alphabetical order, you must return Home.
English button: only appears when you are swiping
through the cards with the black-sides showing (Sanskrit
terms); this is the default. Clicking this button will change
it so that the white-sides are showing (English terms).
Sanskrit button: only appears if you click the English
button, then you will be swiping through the cards with
the white-sides (English terms) showing. Click this button
to return to the black-sides (Sanskrit terms).
Speaker button: click to hear the pronunciation.
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More Interface Elements
This is the counter: 81/200 means that this is the
81st card out of the 200 cards that you selected.
Press this “x” to remove the current card from your
initial selection. For example, if you pressed this
“x” now, the card “kraunca”, will be removed
from the selection.
The counter will then read 81/199, and “kukkuta”,
which is the card after “kraunca” in this case, will
become the new 81st card.
Other Stuff
If you require further clarification, have questions, suggestions, any matters for our
action, or any manner of feedback, we would love to hear from you:
apps@yogaxtc.com.
You may also find some useful resources at our website:
www.yogaxtc.com
Yogabulary was released on the second full moon day of August 2012
May this app bring you much enjoyment and edification!
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