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Vital wind 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)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchThe Vital Winds are denoted by the Sanskrit term Anila, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] What is to be gained by [manipulating] the vital winds (anila), [even when] practised for a long time? [What gained] by the hundreds of [ways] of holding the breath, which cause sickness and are arduous, and by the many Mudrās, which are painful and difficult to master? You [should] serve continually the one and only guru to obtain that [no-mind state] whose nature is innate, on the arising of which, the breath, mighty [though it is], instantly disappears by itself. [...]”.
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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Full-text (+15): Pranapamcaka, Anila, Pranavayu, Brahmanadi, Dhananjaya, Nadi, Devadatta, Lung, Bindu, Avadhuti, Vayu, Akshepaka, Sahajasvabhava, Arduous, Painful, Dirghakala, Duhkhatmaka, Durjaya, Abhyasta, Vyadhiprada.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XXVIII (Bhagavad Gita Chapter IV) < [Bhagavat-Gita Parva]
Section XLII (Bhagavad Gita, Chapter XVIII) < [Bhagavat-Gita Parva]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 378 - Knowledge of Brahman (continued)
Chapter 101 - Mode of consecration of a temple (prāsāda-pratiṣṭhā)
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
Sahajayana and the point of overlap < [Chapter 2 - Spread and Transition]
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXI - Tests of Emerald < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter LXVII - The science of Pavana Vijaya (conquest of breath) < [Agastya Samhita]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 28 - Kriyā-Yoga: Meditation on the Forms of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa < [Section 9 - Vāsudeva-māhātmya]
Chapter 55 - The Characteristics of Yoga < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]