In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)

Prāṇasaṃyāma (प्राणसंयाम) refers to one of the seven auxiliaries of Haṭhayoga, according to the 17th-century Haṭhayogasaṃhitā: a compilation on Haṭhayoga that borrows extensively from the Haṭhapradīpikā.—[...] The stated aim of Haṭhayoga is to achieve purification (śodhana), firmness (dṛḍhatā), steadiness (sthairya), constancy (dhairya), lightness (lāghava), direct perception (pratyakṣa) and liberation (nirlipta) of the body (ghaṭa). Its Haṭhayoga has seven auxiliaries: the ṣaṭkarma, āsana, mudrā, pratyāhāra, prāṇasaṃyāma, dhyāna and samādhi.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prāṇasaṃyama (प्राणसंयम).—suspension of breath.

Derivable forms: prāṇasaṃyamaḥ (प्राणसंयमः).

Prāṇasaṃyama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāṇa and saṃyama (संयम).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prāṇasaṃyama (प्राणसंयम).—m.

(-maḥ) 1. A peculiar religious exercise: see “prāṇāyāma .” 2. Suspending the breath. E. prāṇa breath, sam before, yam to restrain, aff. añ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prāṇasaṃyama (प्राणसंयम):—[=prāṇa-saṃyama] [from prāṇa > prān] m. suppression or suspension of breath (as a religious exercise), [Yājñavalkya]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prāṇasaṃyama (प्राणसंयम):—[prāṇa-saṃyama] (maḥ) 1. m. A religious exercise, suspending the breath.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pranasamyama in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prāṇasaṃyama (ಪ್ರಾಣಸಂಯಮ):—[noun] a controlling or regulating of breathing.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Prana, Samyama.

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