Uddiyanabandha, Uddiyana-bandha, Uddiyanabamdha, Uḍḍiyānabandha: 4 definitions
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Uddiyanabandha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
From the Haṭha Yogha Pradīpikā (chapter III): “Uḍḍiyāna is so called by the Yogīs, because by its practice the Prāṇa (Vāyu,) flies (flows) in the Suṣumnā.” (śl. 44) and “The belly above the navel is pressed backwards towards the spine. This Uḍḍiyāna Bandha is like a lion for the elephant of death.” (śl. 57)
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).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Uḍḍiyānabandha (उड्डियानबन्ध, “the lock of the upward-flying [bird]”):—A contraction of the abdomen which, by emptying the lungs, drives them and the diaphragm up into the upper thorax and causes the prāṇa to “fly up” through the medial channel into the cranial vault.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Uddiyana Bandha (उड्डियान बंध) is the abdominal bandha described and employed in hatha yoga. It involves, after having exhaled all the air out, pulling the abdomen under the rib cage by taking a false inhale while holding the breath and then release the abdomen after a pause. The process is repeated many times before letting the air into the lungs, resuming normal breath.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
Uḍḍiyāṇabaṃdha (ಉಡ್ಡಿಯಾಣಬಂಧ):—[noun] one of the three process of self-control in haṭha yōga ( a mode of abstract contemplation, forcing the mind to abstain from external objects).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Uddiyana, Bandha.
Full-text: Bandha, Uddiyana, Mahabandha, Mudra, Simhasana.
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Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
56. The Uddiyana Bandha of Hatha-yoga I < [Volume 1 (1945)]
Subject-Index (of first volume) < [Volume 1 (1945)]
55a. Date of the Hathayogapradipika of Svatmarama Muni < [Volume 1 (1945)]
Yoga Upanishads (study) (by Heena B. Kotak)
Part 6.2 - Description of the Uddiyana-bandha technique < [Chapter 3 - Analytical and Critical study of 20 Yoga-Upanishads]
Part 6.1 - Description of the Mulabandha technique < [Chapter 3 - Analytical and Critical study of 20 Yoga-Upanishads]
Part 3 - The Hathayoga Pradipika and Yoga-upanisads < [Chapter 4 - Comparative study of the Yoga-Upanishads with the other Yogic texts]
The body in early Hatha Yoga (by Ruth Westoby)
Draw upwards and protect: Ȧkuñcana and Rakṣaṇa < [Chapter 4 - ‘I will slay your red dragon’]
Effect of manipura chakra yoga on vatika grahni (ibs) patients < [Volume 2, issue 3: May - June 2015]
Anatomical aspect of moola bandha and its benefits < [Volume 3, issue 2: March- April 2016]
The concept of Yoga according to Yoga Upanisads (by Jeong Soo Lee)
2.3. The concept of Bandha (in Yoga) < [Chapter 7 - Hatha, Laya, and Mantra Yoga in the Yogopanisads]
International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
Effect of Uddiyana Bandha in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus < [Vol. 7 No. 8: Aug (2024)]
Effect Of Ayurveda Treatment In The Management Of Gudabhrinsh (Rectal... < [Vol. 4 No. 7: Sep (2021)]
Ayurvedic Management Drugs for Tonsillitis W.S.R. to Tundikeri < [Vol. 7 No. 8: Aug (2024)]
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