English Explanatory Dictionary

pranayama

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Breathing techniques; breath control, often synchronized with movements between asanas in yoga.

Word forms

pranayama pranayamas

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”).

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