Nadivisuddhi Kumbhaka
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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."