Ayurvedic Consortium of Europe

Ayurveda Online NetFREE - ONLINE GHERANDA SAMHITA -

Search Verse for online reading chapter:
Verse No.:
English
पञ्चमोध्यायः,-Pranayama, (Ch.-5, V.-86)

षण्णवत्यङ्गुलीमानं शरीरं कर्मरूपकम्। देहाद्बहिर्गतो वायुः स्वभावाद् द्वादशाङ्गुलिः ॥८६॥

ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulīmānaṃ śarīraṃ karmarūpakam। dehādbahirgato vāyuḥ svabhāvād dvādaśāṅguliḥ ॥86॥



 

This body of Vayu is ninety-six digits length (i.e., six feet) as a standard. The ordinary length of the air-current when expired is twelve digits (nine inches);



Commentary



ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulīmānaṃ śarīraṃ karmarūpakam। dehādbahirgato vāyuḥ svabhāvād dvādaśāṅguliḥ ॥86॥


University of Ayurveda Prague, Czech Republic



Interpretation and Commentary by Ayurvedacharya Govinda Ji.
your comments are welcome: info@university-ayurveda.com
Administrator