Pranayama (with mantra Hrim)
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Description
Various Types of Pranayamas
Type
Technique
Pramana
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Source
"Mahanirvani Tantram V. 119"
Original Verse
"मायाबीजं षोडशधा जप्त्वा वामेन वायुना | पूरयेदात्मनो देहं चतुःषष्ट्या तु कुम्भयेत् ॥ ११९ ॥"
Transliteration
"māyābījaṃ ṣoḍaśadhā japtvā vāmena vāyunā | pūrayedātmano dehaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā tu kumbhayet ॥ 119 ॥"
Translation
"Thereupon reciting the mantra 'hrim' sixteen times and drawing air through his left nostril, he should fill up his body with it; and then reciting it sixty-four times he should practice Kumbhaka. 119"