Cakra and Śaṅkha-Kumbhaka
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PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source：Kumbhaka Paddadhi 110-111
Original Verse：
"चक्र-कुम्भं द्विधा कुर्याद्-अग्निषोमं तथैकधा
शङ्ख-कुम्भोऽयम्-ईशेन पूर्ववद् द्विविधः स्मृतः ॥ ११० ॥
कौष्म्यम्-ईषच्-छितलता कुम्भयोर्-अनयोर्-भवेत् ॥ १११ ॥"
Transliteration：
"cakra-kumbhaṃ dvidhā kuryād-agniṣomaṃ tathaikadhā
śaṅkha-kumbho'yam-īśena pūrvavad dvividhaḥ smṛtaḥ ॥ 110 ॥
kauṣmyam-īṣac-chitalatā kumbhayor-anayor-bhavet ॥ 111 ॥"
Translation：
"Cakra Kumbhaka should be practiced twice while agni-ṣoma one. Śaṅkha-Kumbhaka is also described two-fold as Cakra-Kumbhaka explained before. With these two varieties of Kumbhaka, one experiences warmth and cold."