Kevalakumbhaka, Kevala-kumbhaka: 2 definitions
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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch1) Kevalakumbhaka (केवलकुम्भक) refers to “spontaneous retention” in Haṭhayoga, which is similar to the “suspension of breathing” in the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with topics as absorption (laya), yogic powers (siddhi) and liberation, presented in the form of a dialogue between Īśvara and Vāmadeva.—See Dattātreyayogaśāstra 73, 93; Haṭhapradīpikā 1.43, 2.73-74; Yogayājñavalkya 6.30-31, etc.
2) Kevalakumbhaka (केवलकुम्भक) refers to “one who is beyond natural and modified prāṇāyāma”, according to the Śivayogadīpikā by Sadāśivayogīśvara: a text dealing with Śaivism and Haṭhayoga in two hundred and eighty-nine verses.—Accordingly, while describing Haṭhayoga techniques: “Mantrayoga is natural [prāṇāyāma], Layayoga is modified [prāṇāyāma], Haṭhayoga is called Kevalakumbhaka (i.e., beyond natural and modified prāṇāyāma) and Rājayoga is the no-mind [state]. The first is the Yoga of the so'ham mantra, and [the second] is the absorption of the breath in the [internal] resonance. After that, [Haṭhayoga] is steadiness of the mind and breath, and the fourth [Rājayoga] is the absence of mental activity. The fourth is obtained through the cessation of the breath. Therefore, you should become an adept of [this] practice and one devoted to prāṇāyāma”.
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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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKēvalakuṃbhaka (ಕೇವಲಕುಂಭಕ):—[noun] = ಕೇವಲ [kevala]2 - 4.
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: Kumbhaka, Kevala.
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