Nadivisuddhi Kumbhaka

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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."