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pranayamanoun
Breathing techniques. When used as a technical term in yoga, it is often translated more specifically as "breath control".
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Pranayama
Prānāyāma (Sanskrit: प्राणायाम) is the yogic practice of focusing on breath. In Sanskrit, prana means "vital life force", and yama means to gain control. In yoga, breath is associated with prana, thus, pranayama is a means to elevate the prana shakti, or life energies. Pranayama is described in Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Later in Hatha yoga texts, it meant the complete suspension of breathing.
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Pranayama
Prāṇāyām is a Sanskrit word meaning "extension of the prāṇ or breath" or, "extension of the life force". The word is composed of two Sanskrit words, Prana, life force, or vital energy, particularly, the breath, and "ayām", to extend or draw out.. The origins of this yogic discipline lies in ancient Bharat and what is known as present day Hinduism.
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The numerical value of Pranayama in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
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The numerical value of Pranayama in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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