Sasi Description

PRAMANA

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source

Kumbhaka Paddadhi 54

Original Verse

कृकाटिका-पृष्ठ-पार्ष्णि-पृष्ठान्तेषु स्थितः शशी रेचकाभ्यास-बाहुल्यात् क्रमात्-स्थान-नियोगतः ॥ ५४ ॥

Transliteration

kṛkāṭikā-pṛṣṭha-pārṣṇi-pṛṣṭhānteṣu sthitaḥ śaśī recakābhyāsa-bāhulyāt kramāt-sthāna-niYogataḥ ॥ 54 ॥

Translation

"Sasi is situated in the neck, back, heel, and the lower back. When one practices frequent Recakas and by visualizing concentrates on apana from place to place, It is called Urdhvaja Kumbhaka"