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title: "Utkarṣa-Kumbhaka"
key: "Utkarṣa-Kumbhaka"
url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Utkar%E1%B9%A3a-Kumbhaka"
markdown_url: "https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Utkar%E1%B9%A3a-Kumbhaka.md"
type: "dharana"
language: "sa"
categories:
  - "Pranayama"
updated: "2019-06-20T21:34:52.000Z"
description: "Description Various Types of Pranayamas Type Technique PRAMANA Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Kumbhaka Paddadhi 101 Original Verse \"नासा-मूलं मुद्रयित्वा तद्-अग्रे रेच-पूरकौ…"
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# Utkarṣa-Kumbhaka

## Description

Various Types of Pranayamas

## Type

Technique

## PRAMANA

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

## Apta Pramana Source

Kumbhaka Paddadhi 101

## Original Verse

"नासा-मूलं मुद्रयित्वा तद्-अग्रे रेच-पूरकौ

कुर्याद्-उत्कर्षकं कुम्भः स्वयम्-उक्तः स्वयम्भुवा ॥ १०१ ॥"

## Transliteration

"nāsā-mūlaṃ mudrayitvā tad-agre reca-pūrakau

kuryād-utkarṣakaṃ kumbhaḥ svayam-uktaḥ svayambhuvā ॥ 101 ॥"

## Translation

"Before doing Recaka and Pūraka, one should close the nose (at its root) and practice Utkarṣa-Kumbhaka narrated by Svayambu (Śiva)."

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Categories: [Pranayama](https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Category:Pranayama.md)

Source: <https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Utkar%E1%B9%A3a-Kumbhaka>