Nadivisuddhi Kumbhaka

Description

TYPE:Technique/Pranayama

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 10, Verse 30)

Original Verse：

"हंसेति विद्वांसमनु द्वयाभ्यां स्वे हंससञ्चिन्तनतो मनस्वि ॥

आपूर्य मुङ्चेद्रविशीतगुभ्यां नाडीविशुध्याख्यककुंभ एषः ॥ ३० ॥"

Transliteration： "haṃseti vidvāṃsamanu dvayābhyāṃ sve haṃsasañcintanato manasvi ॥

āpūrya muṅcedraviśītagubhyāṃ nāḍīviśudhyākhyakakuṃbha eṣaḥ ॥ 30 ॥"

Translation： "Knowing hamsa well a practitioner inhales through both nostrils while meditating on hamse and thereafter exhales through ravi (right) and sita (left) nostrils. This is Nadivisuddhi Kumbhaka."