Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kumbhaka कुम्भक – breath retention; kumbhaka

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine · substantive neuter

substantive masculine

breath retention; kumbhaka

substantive neuter

breath retention; kumbhaka

Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

kumbhaka · = prec. adj --°; m. n. a cert. religious exercise to suspend the breath.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Kumbhaka, as, m. the base of a column; stop- ping the breath by shutting the mouth and closing both nostrils with the fingers of the right hand; a religious exercise.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kumbhaka m. 1〉 Säulenbasis VYUTP. 131. — 2〉 = kumbha 1,e. DHYĀNAV. UP._in_Ind. St. 2,3. YOGAT. UP. ebend. 50. VP. 653. prāṇasya śodhayenmārgaṃ pūrakumbhakarecakaiḥ BHĀG. P. 3,28,9. prāṇāpānau saṃnirudhyātpūrakumbhakarecakaiḥ BHĀG. P. 7,15,32. VEDĀNTAS. 74. Verz. d. B. H. No. 645. Verz. d. B. H. No. 648.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

kumbhaka 2〉 SARVADARŚANAS. 174,16. SARVADARŚANAS. 174,20 (definirt). Verz. d. Oxf. H. 108,a,2. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 234,b,33. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 237,a, No. 568. neutr.: vidhāraṇaṃ (prāṇasya) kumbhakam Schol. zu YOGAS. 1,34. Z. 4 lies VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 131. — 3〉 = kumbha 1〉a〉 am Ende eines adj. comp. KATHĀS. 99,3. — 4〉 = kumbha 1〉c〉 WEBER, JYOT. 79. — 5〉 = kumbha 1〉d〉 am Ende eines adj. comp.: vitata˚ MBH. 12,4280. — 6〉 N. pr. eines Wesens im Gefolge Skandaʼs MBH. 9,2577. — kumbhikā s. bes.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

kumbhaka — 1〉 am Ende eines adj. Comp. = kumbha 1〉a〉 und e〉. — 2〉 m. n. = kumbha 1〉i〉. — 3〉 m. — a〉 = kumbha 1〉d〉. — b〉 *Säulenbasis (buddh.). — c〉 N. pr. eines Wesens im Gefolge Skandaʼs. — 4〉 f. kumbhikā — a〉 ein kleiner Topf, — Krug. — b〉 Myrica sapida BHĀVAPR. 1,175. — c〉 *Pistia stratiotes. — d〉 *Bignonia suaveolens. — e〉 *ein best. kleiner Strauch, = droṇapuṣpī. — f〉 Pl. eine best. Augenkrankheit, = kumbhīkā. — g〉 N. pr. einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skandaʼs.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kumbhaka dass. (—˚) m. n. eine Ceremonie zur Anhaltung des Atmens (r)

Occurrences in source texts (88)

DYS 13 occurrences
DYS 60–66: Prāṇāyāma 7 occurrences

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DYS 73–78: Kevala Kumbhaka 2 occurrences

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DYS 89–93: Stages of Development 1 occurrence

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DYS 94–97: Pratyāhāra 1 occurrence

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DYS 132–134: Mahāmudrā 1 occurrence

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DYS 154–167: Vajrolī for the Male Yogi 1 occurrence

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GoS 11 occurrences
GoS 29–33: Four Forms of Breath Retention 2 occurrences

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GoS 34–41: Sun, Sound and Cooling 3 occurrences

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GoS 42–49: Breath as Bellows 2 occurrences

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GoS 50–63: Three Locks 2 occurrences

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GoS 64–66: An Order for Practice 1 occurrence

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GoS 67–73: Examining Obstacles 1 occurrence

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HP 20 occurrences
HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 1.55-1.57: Transition to Kumbhaka 1 occurrence

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HP 1.64-1.65: Practice and Rājayoga 1 occurrence

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HP 2.7-2.10: Nāḍīśodhana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.11-2.14: Measure of Practice 1 occurrence

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HP 2.37-2.43: Path to Manonmanī 2 occurrences

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HP 2.44-2.47: Eight Kumbhakas 2 occurrences

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HP 2.51-2.53: Ujjāyī 1 occurrence

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HP 2.57-2.59: Śītalī 1 occurrence

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HP 2.60-2.68: Bhastrikā 2 occurrences

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HP 2.72-2.78: Kevala Kumbhaka 6 occurrences

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HP 2.79-2.80: Haṭha Siddhi 1 occurrence

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HTK 38 occurrences
HTK 10.0*1–5: Sītkā, Śītalī and Sūryabheda 3 occurrences

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HTK 10.5*1–6*1: Sūryabhedana / Sūryabheda 2 occurrences

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HTK 10.6*2–9*1: Ujjāyī / Ujjāyikā and Sūryabheda 2 occurrences

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HTK 10.9*2–11*1: Sītkā / Sītkārī and Śītalī 2 occurrences

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HTK 10.11*2–14*1: Bhastrikā: Breath like a bellows 3 occurrences

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HTK 10.14*2–17*1: Śītalī and Antaraṅgaka-kumbha 2 occurrences

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HTK 10.17*2–18: Bhrāmarī: The sound of bees 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.18*1–19*1: Mūrcchā / Manomūrcchanā 2 occurrences

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HTK 10.19*2–21*1: Plāvanī: Supported on water 2 occurrences

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HTK 10.21*2–23*1: Utkarṣa and Apakarṣa 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.30–33*1: Nāḍī-viśudhy-ākhyaka-kumbha and Nāḍīśuddhi 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.33*2–34*1: Bhūtaśuddhi: Purifying the elements 2 occurrences

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HTK 10.34*2–38*1: Asvaṅgaśṛṅkhalā and Kumbhāntaraśṛṅkhalā 9 occurrences

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HTK 10.39–39*1: Jīvacālaka / Jīvacāla 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.44–46*1: Ekameru, Dvimeru and Trimeru 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.47–47*1: Ghaṭikābandha / Ghaṭibandha 3 occurrences

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HTK 10.47*2: Kumbhaka: Names, forms and effects 1 occurrence

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SiSa 6 occurrences
SiSa 3.21-3.31: Nāḍī-Reinigung 2 occurrences

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SiSa 3.34-3.38: Förderliche Mittel 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.39-3.40: Kumbhaka-Kraft 2 occurrences

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SiSa 3.55-3.60: Ghaṭāvasthā 1 occurrence

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