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 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.
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 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*.
He should burn away his faults with suppressions of the breath, his sin with concentrations, his worldly attachments with withdrawal of the senses, and his ungodly qualities with meditation.
San Hyan Tattvajnana
The breath-control discipline comprising recaka (exhalation), pūraka (inhalation), and kumbhaka (retention), practiced for pacifying rajas/tamas and cultivating sattva.
That is what is called *prāṇāyāmayoga*.
There is a breath called *pamasĕh*.
It does not involve expelling the breath.