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title: "Kamala Kumbhaka"
key: "Kamala_Kumbhaka"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Kumbhaka"
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type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
updated: "2019-06-21T01:18:45.000Z"
description: "Description Kamala Kumbhaka: pranayama Pramana Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Kumbhaka Paddadhi 189 Original Verse \"पूरयेद्-अर्क-नाड्यासु कुम्भयित्वा यथाविधि ॥…"
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# Kamala Kumbhaka

## Description

Kamala Kumbhaka: pranayama

## Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Kumbhaka Paddadhi 189

## Original Verse

"पूरयेद्-अर्क-नाड्यासु कुम्भयित्वा यथाविधि ॥ रेचयेच्-चेद्-इन्दु-नाड्यासु कुम्भकः कमलाभिधः ॥ १८९ ॥ "

## Transliteration

"pūrayed-arka-nāḍyāsu kumbhayitvā yathāvidhi ॥ recayec-ced-indu-nāḍyāsu Kumbhakaḥ kamalābhidhaḥ ॥ 189 ॥ "

## Translation

"When the air is inhaled through the sūrya-nāḍī and exhaled through candra-nāḍī, after systematically holding the breath, it is known as Kamala Kumbhaka. "

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