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title: "Kumuda-Kumbhaka"
key: "Kumuda-Kumbhaka"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Kumuda-Kumbhaka"
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type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
updated: "2019-06-21T01:34:42.000Z"
description: "Description Kumuda-Kumbhaka: pranayama Pramana Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Kumbhaka Paddadhi 190 Original Verse \"पूरयेच्-चन्द्र-मार्गेण धारयित्वाध्वजायुधे ॥ रेचयेत्-तम्-उभाभ्यां…"
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# Kumuda-Kumbhaka

## Description

Kumuda-Kumbhaka: pranayama

## Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Kumbhaka Paddadhi 190

## Original Verse

"पूरयेच्-चन्द्र-मार्गेण धारयित्वाध्वजायुधे ॥

रेचयेत्-तम्-उभाभ्यां चेत्-कुमुदः कुम्भकः स्मृतः ॥ १९० ॥"

## Transliteration

"pūrayec-candra-mārgeṇa dhārayitvādhvajāyudhe ॥

recayet-tam-ubhābhyāṃ cet-kumudaḥ Kumbhakaḥ smṛtaḥ ॥ 190 ॥"

## Translation

"When the air is inhaled through the left nostril and after holding the breath, exhaled through both the nostrils, it is called Kumuda Kumbhaka."

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