Pingala

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.

Word forms

Pingala

Etymology

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

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