Samana Kumbhaka

Description

Various Types of Pranayamas

Type

1)Technique

2)Description

3)Benefit

Pramana

1)Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

2)Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

3)Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source

1)Kumbhaka Paddhatih 62

2)Kumbhaka Paddhatih 63

3)Kumbhaka Paddhatih 64

Original Verse

1)

"नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे व्याप्य विधारितः कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु कुम्भकः"

2)

"मुद्रासु वक्ष्यते कुम्भ उड्डियानो महाफलः एजते प्रज्वलेत् स्विद्येद्-रोम-कूपेषु मोचयेत् तम्-एव व्यापकं योगी सोऽयं नकुलीश-मतं तथा"

3) "क्षुत्-तृट्-क्षयो वह्नि-दीप्तिः क्षत-भग्नावरोहणम् समान-कुम्भकाभ्यासात् फलं स्याद्-इति शण्करः"

Transliteration

1)

"nābhāvāpūrya vāyuś-ced-dehe vyāpya vidhāritaḥ kumbhite jvalanaṃ dhyāyet samānasya tu Kumbhakaḥ"

2) "mudrāsu vakṣyate kumbha uḍḍiyāno mahāphalaḥ ejate prajvalet svidyed-roma-kūpeṣu mocayet tam-eva vyāpakaṃ yogī so'yaṃ nakulīśa-mataṃ tathā"

3) "kṣut-tṛṭ-kṣayo vahni-dīptiḥ kṣata-bhagnāvarohaṇam samāna-kumbhakābhyāsāt phalaṃ syād-iti śaṇkaraḥ"

Translation

1)

When this vayu is filled up into the navel and held with concentration on fire, it is Samana-Kumbhaka.

2)

"Description: This practice is recommended in Mudrās, as it results in attaining Uḍḍiyāna. This is explained in terms of movement, heat, perspiration, and sensation in the pores extensively experienced by a Yogi. This is the opinion of "

3)

The results are: control of hunger and thirst, increased gastric fire, (quick) healing of wounds and fractures.