nāḍīs
“subtle channels”
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
nāḍī · Alambuṣā · Gāndhārī · Hastijihvā · Iḍā · Kuhū · Piṅgalā · Pūṣā · Suṣumnā · Yaśā
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
San Hyan Mahajnana
The nāḍīs, subtle bodily channels, identified with rivers and gathered together at the heart-lotus.
*Gathering all the nāḍīs*.
Gathering all the nāḍīs, its ray is like that of Hari.
That which is called the river is the channels of the subtle body (*nāḍī*).
Vrhaspatitattva
The subtle channels of the body, ten in number, rooted below the navel, that carry the vital airs and connect the soul to the body.
> Now I shall declare the *nāḍīs*;
> Gāndhārī and Hastijihvā, and Pūṣā and also Yaśā.
The ten great *nāḍī* (subtle channels) are as follows: