Utkarsa Kumbhaka
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Description
TYPE:Technique/Pranayama
PRAMANA:Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source:
Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 10, Verse 22)
Original Verse:
"सङ्कर्षको रोधबलं हि यावत् सम्मुह्य नासायुगरन्ध्रमूलम् ॥
कुर्यात् तदग्रे ननु रेचपूरावुत्कर्ष-कुम्भः कथितः स धात्रा ॥ २२ ॥"
Transliteration:
"saṅkarṣako rodhabalaṃ hi yāvat sammuhya nāsāyugarandhramūlam ॥
kuryāt tadagre nanu recapūrāvutkarṣa-kumbhaḥ kathitaḥ sa dhātrā ॥ 22 ॥"
Translation: "One inhales and holds (the air) to the capacity by pressing the openings of the nose and thereafter exhales and inhales. This is Utkarsa Kumbhaka propagated by the creator (Brahma)."