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Introduction
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Method of knowing the Svara :-Press one nostril and note if
breathing is going on in the other unobstructed. In case there
is obstruction then the former nostril should be left and this
one be pressed. Now if the breathing is going on completely
unobstructed in the former then it is the nostril through
which the Svara is flowing. For example, press the left nostril
first and note if the right is breathing completely unobstructed.
If there is obstruction then leave the left and now press the
right nostril and see if the left is breathing smoothly and in
an unobstructed manner. If there is no obstruction then it
should be presumed that the left Svara is flowing. However,
if there is no obstruction in either, or their is some obstruction
in both then it should be presumed that the Suşumnā-Svara
is flowing. Thus the nature of the Svara should first be deter-
mined before proceeding to any prognostic inference.
Method of changing the Svara from one Nostril to another :-
Whenever there may be a necessity or desire to change the
respiration from one nostril to another, one should lie down
for a while sideways on the side of which the nostril is
breathing at the moment. Soon the breathing would change
ove to the other nostril. For example, if one is breathing
from the left nostril, and wants to change it to the right, he
should lie sideways pressing the left side. This will auto-
matically change his breathing to the right nostril. In other
words, one should lie to the opposite side of the nostril to
which he wants his breathing to change over. Lying on the
left side will induce breathing through the right nostril, and
vice versa.
Principle of flow of the Svara (breathing) from the left and
right nostrils :-Usually the Svaras flow on this principle:
On the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th and 15th day
of the lighted fortnight it should pass from sunrise onwards
through the left nostril and alternate according to the rule
of its periodic thythm.
Similarly, on the 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of
the same fortnight it should pass frcm sunrise onwards
through the right nostril and proceed according to the rules
of its alternation.
ix
Method of knowing the Svara :-Press one nostril and note if
breathing is going on in the other unobstructed. In case there
is obstruction then the former nostril should be left and this
one be pressed. Now if the breathing is going on completely
unobstructed in the former then it is the nostril through
which the Svara is flowing. For example, press the left nostril
first and note if the right is breathing completely unobstructed.
If there is obstruction then leave the left and now press the
right nostril and see if the left is breathing smoothly and in
an unobstructed manner. If there is no obstruction then it
should be presumed that the left Svara is flowing. However,
if there is no obstruction in either, or their is some obstruction
in both then it should be presumed that the Suşumnā-Svara
is flowing. Thus the nature of the Svara should first be deter-
mined before proceeding to any prognostic inference.
Method of changing the Svara from one Nostril to another :-
Whenever there may be a necessity or desire to change the
respiration from one nostril to another, one should lie down
for a while sideways on the side of which the nostril is
breathing at the moment. Soon the breathing would change
ove to the other nostril. For example, if one is breathing
from the left nostril, and wants to change it to the right, he
should lie sideways pressing the left side. This will auto-
matically change his breathing to the right nostril. In other
words, one should lie to the opposite side of the nostril to
which he wants his breathing to change over. Lying on the
left side will induce breathing through the right nostril, and
vice versa.
Principle of flow of the Svara (breathing) from the left and
right nostrils :-Usually the Svaras flow on this principle:
On the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th and 15th day
of the lighted fortnight it should pass from sunrise onwards
through the left nostril and alternate according to the rule
of its periodic thythm.
Similarly, on the 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of
the same fortnight it should pass frcm sunrise onwards
through the right nostril and proceed according to the rules
of its alternation.