pranayama
English
Etymology
From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pra‧na‧ya‧ma
Noun
pranayama (plural pranayamas)
- Breathing techniques. When used as a technical term in yoga, it is often translated more specifically as "breath control".
Translations
breathing techniques
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