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title: "Sama Kumbhaka"
key: "Sama_Kumbhaka"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Sama_Kumbhaka"
markdown_url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Sama_Kumbhaka.md"
type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Pranayama"
updated: "2019-06-20T21:33:58.000Z"
description: "Description Various Types of Pranayamas Type Technique Pramana Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Kumbhaka Paddadhi 99 Original Verse \"आरेकपूरा मनसा नाभ्याद्-आशुगं धृतिः समः कुम्भो भगवता…"
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# Sama Kumbhaka

## Description

Various Types of Pranayamas

## Type

Technique

## Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Kumbhaka Paddadhi 99

## Original Verse

"आरेकपूरा मनसा नाभ्याद्-आशुगं धृतिः

समः कुम्भो भगवता प्रोक्तः ष्री-चन्द्र-मौलिना ॥ ९९ ॥"

## Transliteration

"ārekapūrā manasā nābhyād-āśugaṃ dhṛtiḥ

samaḥ kumbho bhagavatā proktaḥ ṣrī-candra-maulinā ॥ 99 ॥"

## Translation

"Without actually inhaling or exhaling, when one mentally holds the prana in the regions like navel, etc., it is described as Sama-Kumbhaka by Bhagavān Candra-Mauli (Śiva)"

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