Nāḍī Śuddhi Kumbhaka

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Description

Various Types of Pranayamas

Type

Description

Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source

Kumbhaka Paddhatih 115

Original Verse

"एवं नाड्योर्-विभेदेन चतुः-कालेषु विंशतिः कुम्भकान् यदि कुर्वीत नाडी-शुध्याख्य-कुम्भकः"

Transliteration

"evaṃ nāḍyor-vibhedena catuḥ-kāleṣu viṃśatiḥ kumbhakān yadi kurvīta nāḍī-śudhyākhya-kumbhakaḥ"

Translation

When this is practiced with alternate nostrils with twenty Kumbhakas four times a day, this is known as (Nāḍī) śuddhi-Kumbhaka.