Mulabandha, 惭奴濒补产补苍诲丑补, Mula-bandha, Mulabamdha: 9 definitions
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Mulabandha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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: Wisdom Library: YogaFrom the Ha峁環a Yogha Prad墨pik膩 (chapter III): 鈥淧ressing Yoni (perineum) with the heel, contract up the anus. By drawing the Ap膩na thus, 惭奴濒补 Bandha is made.鈥� (艣l. 61) and 鈥淭he Ap膩na, naturally inclining downward, is made to go up by force. This 惭奴濒补 Bandha is spoken of by Yog墨s as done by contracting the anus.鈥� (艣l. 62) and 鈥淧ressing the heel well against the anus, draw up the air by force, again and again till it (air) goes up.鈥� (艣l. 62)
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 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
: Google Books: The Alchemical Body惭奴濒补产补苍诲丑补 (啶啶侧が啶ㄠ啶�, 鈥渞oot lock鈥�):鈥擜n inner contractyion of the anus which draws the downward-tending ap膩na breath upward throuh the medial channel.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda 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)
: WikiPedia: Hinduism惭奴濒补 Bandha (啶啶� 啶啶�) is a Sanskrit compound term:
- 惭奴濒补 denotes "root", "base", "beginning", "foundation", "origin or cause", "basis", "source";
- Bandha denotes "bondage", "fetter", "posture", "joining together", "catching hold of".
Iyengar (1976: p. 525) defines 惭奴濒补 Bandha as a posture where the body from the anus to the navel is contracted and lifted up and towards the spine.
惭奴濒补 Bandha is the principal, key and primary Bandha of the Yogic traditions. 惭奴濒补 Bandha is endemic to all safe, grounded workings of bodymind disciplines. This Bandha in and of itself conditions the Muladhara Chakra, simultaneously keening, rooting and engaging the systemic plethora of processes that constitute bodymind and with diligence resolving them in discipline and accord. 惭奴濒补 Bandha should be held as a restraint only after kumbhaka, which in this instance is where the breath is expressed in its entirety and held outside the body. Iyengar (1976: p. 435) likens the functionality of the Bandha and especially 惭奴濒补 Bandha to "safety-valves which should be kept shut during the practice of kumbhakas".
Iyengar (1976: p. 437) specifies the energetic pr膩峁嘺s of V膩yu engaged through 惭奴濒补 Bandha as: "...Ap膩na V膩yu (the pr膩峁嘺 in the lower abdomen), whose course is downwards, is made to flow up to unite with Pr膩na V膩yu, which has its seat within the region of the chest."
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarym奴岣穉b膩ndha (啶啶赤が啶距啶�).鈥攎 sometimes 尘奴岣穉产补苍诲补 m A mound thrown across fields to confine or sustain water.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary惭奴濒补产补苍诲丑补 (啶啶侧が啶ㄠ啶�).鈥攁 particular position of the fingers.
Derivable forms: 尘奴濒补产补苍诲丑补岣� (啶啶侧が啶ㄠ啶о).
惭奴濒补产补苍诲丑补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘奴濒补 and bandha (啶え啷嵿ぇ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 惭奴濒补产补苍诲丑补 (啶啶侧が啶ㄠ啶�):鈥擺=尘奴濒补-bandha] [from 尘奴濒补 > m奴l] mfn. deep-rooted (a sin), [R膩mat膩pan墨ya-upani峁d]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] position of the fingers, [Catalogue(s)]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus惭奴濒补ba峁僤ha (嗖硞嗖侧铂嗖傕钵):鈥擺noun] (yoga.) a particular position of fingers.
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: Mula, Bandha.
Starts with: Mulabandhana, Mulabandhasana.
Full-text: Mulabandhasana, Bandha, Dattatreyayogashastra, Mahabandha, Mushti, Mudra, Simhasana, Padmasana.
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