Kumbhaka at navel center

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Description

Various Types of Pranayamas

Type

Technique

Pramana

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Source

Darshanopanishad VI 28

Original Verse

"इडया वेदतत्त्वज्ञ तथा पिङ्गलय्ऐव च ।

नाभ्औ निरोधयेत्तेन व्याधिभिर्मुच्यते नरः ॥ २८ ॥"

Transliteration

"iḍayā vedatattvajña tathā piṅgalayaiva ca |

nābhau nirodhayettena vyādhibhirmucyate naraḥ ॥ 28 ॥"

Translation

O thou, the knower of the truth of the Veda! He who confines (the air inhaled), through the Ida as well as the Pingala, in the navel, that man is released from all diseases.