Kṛtti-Sreṣṭha-Kumbhaka
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Description
Various Types of Pranayamas
Type
Technique
Pramana
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source
Kumbhaka Paddhatih 69
Original Verse
"नोभ्यां चाकर्षयेद्-वायुं बलात् हृत्-स्थानम्-आनयेत् उत्कृष्योत्कृष्य हृत्-स्थानात् कण्ठ-तालौ भ्रुवोऽन्तरे मूर्ध्नान्तं चेद्-गतायात-कृत्ति-श्रेष्ठाख्य-कुम्भकः"
Transliteration
"nobhyāṃ cākarṣayed-vāyuṃ balāt hṛt-sthānam-ānayet utkṛṣyotkṛṣya hṛt-sthānāt kaṇṭha-tālau bhruvo'ntare mūrdhnāntaṃ ced-gatāyāta-kṛtti-śreṣṭhākhya-Kumbhakaḥ"
Translation
One should forcibly raise the vayu bringing it into the chest through nostrils and from there take it further to the throat, palate, mid-brow, top of the head and retain it there.This is kṛtti-śreṣṭha-Kumbhaka.