Pran and Pranayam

Author(s): Niranjananand Saraswati Swami
Publisher: Yoga Publication Trust

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Endocrine glands 131-132 Exhalation (see rechaka) Extended exhalation 185-186
Brahma granthi 28, 326 Brahma mudra 315 Brahma nadi 39 Brain hemispheres42,102-103,
243 Breath 60-61, 137-139, 214
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Breath awareness 156-162 Breath retention (see kumbhaka) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 50
Gandhari nadi 37, 39 Ganga 37-38 Gayatri mantra 67, 70, 71-73,
114-115 Ghata avastha 226 Gheranda Samhita 1,57,75-76,
77, 219, 224, 280 Ghrita neti 288 Goraksha Samhita 37 Granthi 28, 31, 33, 326 Gravity 134-135 Gunas 30, 107 Guru 75, 114, 219, 221
Chakras 4, 5, 27-35, 43, 62, 63,
198 Chandra bheda pranayama 261
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Chandra nadi 38 Chhandogya Upanishad 3 Chidakasha 33, 63 Chin mudra 311-312 Chinmaya mudra 314 Chitra or chitrini nadi 39 Chitta 11-12, 18, 40-41 Clavicular breathing 171-172 CO2 therapy 120 Conscious breathing 110-111,
155-162 Consciousness 10-12
Ham 32, 41, 66 Hamso 77 Hasta mudra pranayama 202-205 Hastijihva nadi 37, 39 Hatha 41 Hatha yoga 28 Hatha Yoga Pradipika 1, 6, 11,
13, 17, 37, 46, 57, 122, 125, 135, 139, 209, 224, 273, 333
339 Hatharatnavali 1 Heart 130-131, 137, 138, 140
141, 143-148
Danda kriya 195-196 Deep breathing 179-180 Devadatta vayu 57, 58 Dhananjaya vayu 57, 58 Dharana 6, 76, 133 Dhyana 6, 71, 98, 133, 227 Dhyana Bindu Upanishad 57 Diaphragmatic breathing 163-
Ida nadi 32, 37, 38-39, 40-47,
62, 98, 101-103 Inhalation (see pooraka) Initiation 67
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Doshas 45, 272, 280 Dugdh neti 288 Durga mantra 70
Jada samadhi 124 Jala neti 285-288 Jalandhara bandha 328-329
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