SrigadaKumbhaka

Description

TYPE:Technique/Pranayama

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 10, Verse 29)

Original Verse：

"यत्रोभाभ्यां पूरणं ग्लौरविभ्यां सम्यण् मार्त्तण्डाध्वना रेचनं च ॥

एषः प्रोक्तः श्रीगदाकुम्भनामा देहे धत्ते श्रीबलं साधकस्य ॥ २९ ॥"

Transliteration： "yatrobhābhyāṃ pūraṇaṃ glauravibhyāṃ samyaṇ mārttaṇḍādhvanā recanaṃ ca ॥

eṣaḥ proktaḥ śrīgadākumbhanāmā dehe dhatte śrībalaṃ sādhakasya ॥ 29 ॥"

Translation：

"One inhales through both nostrils (sun and moon) and exhales carefully through right. This is SrigadaKumbhaka which offers stamina to the sadhaka."