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pingala

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pingala (pēng·gäˑ·l),
n according to ancient Indian philosophy, the male or positive energy, one of the two components of prana (life force), the other being ida. Good health is indicative of balance between pingala and ida, while an imbalance between the two leads to disease. See also prana and ida.
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In the land of Gandhara, there will be Elapatra, in that of Mithila, Champaka by name, in Surashtra, Pingala by name, in Varanasi the treasure Shankha.
Maitreya in literature and in the art of Xinjiang by Yaldiz, Marianne / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts
Benefits: Deeply calms your mind and soothes your nervous system; relieves tension through the whole spine, creating length and space between the vertebrae; can relieve headaches and help you to sleep; massages your stomach and cleanses digestion and elimination systems; reduces fat; tones your liver, spleen, pancreas; relieves low back pain and sciatica; balances the flow of prana in ida and pingala nadis; centers your awareness and makes meditation easy.
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An 18-inch 6th century sandstone figure of Pingala, an attendant to the sun god, from the northern Punjab and also valued at about pounds 100,000, was also taken.
Cat burglars' pounds 250,000 antiques haul by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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