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title: "Karṣaka-Kumbhaka"
key: "Karṣaka-Kumbhaka"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Kar%E1%B9%A3aka-Kumbhaka"
markdown_url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Kar%E1%B9%A3aka-Kumbhaka.md"
type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Pranayama"
updated: "2019-06-20T19:23:50.000Z"
description: "Description Various Types of Pranayamas Type 1)Description 2)Benefit PRAMANA 1)Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण 2)Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source 1)Kumbhaka Paddadhi 100 2)Kumbhaka Paddadhi…"
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# Karṣaka-Kumbhaka

## Description

Various Types of Pranayamas

## Type

1)Description

2)Benefit

## PRAMANA

1)Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

2)Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

1)Kumbhaka Paddadhi 100

2)Kumbhaka Paddadhi 103

## Original Verse

1)"यावन्-निरोध-सामर्थ्यं कर्षकः कुम्भको द्विधा ॥ १०० ॥"

2)"दीर्घः सूक्ष्मो भवेच्-छ्वासः कर्षके कुम्भके कृते ॥ १०३ ॥"

## Transliteration

1)

"yāvan-nirodha-sāmarthyaṃ karṣakaḥ kumbhako dvidhā ॥ 100 ॥"

2)

"dīrghaḥ sūkṣmo bhavec-chvāsaḥ karṣake kumbhake kṛte ॥ 103 ॥"

## Translation

1)

"According to the capacity of retention, Karṣaka-Kumbhaka is two-fold. "

2)

"With the practice of Karṣaka-Kumbhaka (utkarṣa and apakarṣaka), the breath becomes prolonged and subtle."

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Categories: [Pranayama](https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Category:Pranayama.md)

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