prāṇāyāma
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pamasĕh · prāṇāyāmayoga · suppressions of the breath
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1 expressionrestraint of the breath“prāṇāyāma”1 mention
Manusmṛti (Sanskrit)
For just as the impurities of metals are burned away when they are smelted, so are the faults of the senses burned away by the restraint of the breath.
in the texts
Manusmṛti
The yogic practice of controlled breath suppression, described as the highest form of austerity and a means of burning away faults.
For just as the impurities of metals are burned away when they are smelted, so are the faults of the senses burned away by the restraint of the breath.
For those living creatures which an ascetic injures by day or by night out of ignorance, for their purification, he should perform six suppressions of the breath after bathing.
Even three suppressions of the breath, performed according to the rule by a Brāhmaṇa, accompanied by the *vyāhṛtis* and the syllable `Om`, are to be known as the highest *tapas*.
San Hyan Tattvajnana
The breath-control discipline comprising recaka (exhalation), pūraka (inhalation), and kumbhaka (retention), practiced for pacifying rajas/tamas and cultivating sattva.
There is a breath called *pamasĕh*.
That is what is called *prāṇāyāmayoga*.
It does not involve expelling the breath.