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title: "Ten Stages of meru"
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type: "dharana"
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updated: "2019-06-21T02:08:01.000Z"
description: "Description Ten Stages of meru: pranayama Pramana Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Kumbhaka Paddadhi 213 Original Verse \"एकोद्घातो-द्विर्-उद्घातस्-त्रिर्-उद्घातस्-ततो मृदुः |…"
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# Ten Stages of meru

## Description

Ten Stages of meru: pranayama

## Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Kumbhaka Paddadhi 213

## Original Verse

"एकोद्घातो-द्विर्-उद्घातस्-त्रिर्-उद्घातस्-ततो मृदुः \| मध्य-मेरुस्-तीर्व-मेरुः प्रत्याहारश्-च धारणा ॥ ध्यानं समाधिर्-इत्युक्तो मेरोः स्थूलभुवो दश ॥ २१३ ॥ "

## Transliteration

"ekodghāto-dvir-udghātas-trir-udghātas-tato mṛduḥ \| madhya-merus-tīrva-meruḥ pratyāhāraś-ca dhāraṇā ॥ dhyānaṃ samādhir-ityukto meroḥ sthūlabhuvo daśa ॥ 213 ॥ "

## Translation

"One Udghāta, two Udghātas, three Udghātas, Mṛdu-meru, Madhya-meru, Tīvra-meru, pPratyāhāra, Dhāraṇā, Dhyāna and Samādhi are stated to be the ten stages of Meru. "

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