Pranayama with Mantra- Part 2

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Description

Various Types of Pranayamas

Type

Technique

Pramana

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Source

"Mahanirvani Tantram. III. 46"

Original Verse

"अङ्गुष्ठेन दक्षनासां धृत्वा कुम्भकयोगतः | जपेद्द्वात्रिंशताऽवृत्त्या ततो दक्षिणनासया ॥ ४६ ॥"

Transliteration

"aṅguṣṭhena dakṣanāsāṃ dhṛtvā KumbhakaYogataḥ | japeddvātriṃśatā'vṛttyā tato dakṣiṇanāsayā ॥ 46 ॥"

Translation

Then pressing his right nostril with the thumb of his right hand, he should suspending respiration practice the Yoga Kumbhaka, recite the Mula Mantra for two and thirty times. 46