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Pingala

Pingala proper noun: one of the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine, the energies or prana of the physical body, are said to flow.

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Proper noun

Pingala

  1. (Hinduism, yoga) One of the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine, the energies or prana of the physical body, are said to flow.
  2. An attendant of Surya.

Origin of Pingala

Borrowed from Sanskrit पिङ्गल (piṅgala, “reddish-brown, tawny, yellow, gold-coloured”).

Questions about Pingala

What does Pingala mean?
Pingala means one of the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine, the energies or prana of the physical body, are said to flow.
What part of speech is Pingala?
Pingala is a proper noun.

Words near Pingala in the dictionary

  1. ping-pongist
  2. ping-pongists
  3. ping-pongs
  4. pingable
  5. Pingad
  6. Pingala
  7. Pingali
  8. pingas
  9. pingases
  10. Pingba
  11. pingback

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