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(ii) Prolongation of Youth-For this one should try to
practice changing Svara at will in the day. Whenever there
is an opportunity one should immediately try to change the
Svara flowing at the moment. Changing the Svara many
times during the day in this manner considerably prolongs
the Youth. Along with this practice, if the Viparīta-karaņī
Mudra is also performed morning and evening every day
then the benefit would be excessively multiplied.
 
(iii) Method of securing Long Life-Ordinarily the force of
the exhaled breath can be felt upto a distance of 12 Angulas
( fingers) and that of inhaled upto 10 Angulas. The time
taken by the inhaled air to come out is ordinarily 4 seconds.
Now reduction in these measures of force and time would
enhance the Life-span. Measure of reduction in the force
of breath and the results following them are as follows:
 
1. Reduction of the
 
ordinary measure
 
of 12 Angulas to :
 
11 Angulas gives
 
10
 
9
 
8
 
7
 
6
 
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Perfection of Speech.
 
Clairvoyance.
 
Power of flying in the Sky.
 
Tremendous speed.
 
All the Siddhis
 
Nine divine treasures
 
Power to assume any
 
form
 
Power to become invisible
 
1 milimetre
 
Power to remain invincible even be.
fore the God of Death-that is, gives Immortality.
 
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Stablisation of Prana.
 
Great pleasure.
 
Poetic Powers.
 
VIII. Women and the Science of Svarodaya
 
Some persons may be curious to know whether the same
rules of this science apply to both Sexes or they are different.
However, such a doubt is baseless because the rules of this