Apakarsa Kumbhaka

Description

TYPE:Technique/Pranayama

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 10, Verse 23)

Original Verse：

"आमुह्यघोणार्धमधोविभागे यद्रेचपूरौ विदधाति तिष्ठन् ॥

स एष कुम्भो गदितो विधात्रा नाम्नापकर्षः प्रणवात्मनाऽयम् ॥ २३ ॥"

Transliteration：

"āmuhyaghoṇārdhamadhovibhāge yadrecapūrau vidadhāti tiṣṭhan ॥

sa eṣa kumbho gadito vidhātrā nāmnāpakarṣaḥ praṇavātmanā'yam ॥ 23 ॥"

Translation：

"Closing one nostril, one does inhalation and exhalation steadily. This is Aparksa Kumbhaka propagated by the creator which is of the nature of pranava."