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ISSN (Online) : 2455 - 3662 SJIF Impact Factor :4.924 EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Monthly Peer Reviewed & Indexed International Online Journal Volume: 3 Issue: 11 November 2017 Published By : EPRA Journals CC License SJIF Impact Factor: 4.924 Volume: 3 | Issue: 11 |November 2017 EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) ISSN (Online): 2455-3662 CONCEPT OF NADIS IN TEXTS AND TRADITIONS ABSTRACT Nadis refer to the subtle channels of the body which forms the passage for the flow of the vital forces of prana. Satyanarayan Mishra1 Ancient yogic texts speak of fourteen main nadis out of which Ida, Pingala and Sushumna are most vital. Ida nadi is at the 1Research Scholar, left half of the” sushumna “ and is otherwise known as the lunar nadi of the body. Ida is supportive and cool in nature Yoga,,Utkal University,Vani Vihar, and it reflects the female aspect of our personality. Our mental activities are controlled by ida.Similarly at the right Bhubaneswar,Odisha,India half of “sushumna”, there is “pingala nadi” which controls all crucial somatic activities. Nadi sodhana is the yogic way to create equilibrium of nadis .Hatha yoga practices focus on bringing ida and pingala into equilibrium. The author has made an attempt to describe the concept of nadis in this article based on the explanations made in texts and traditions. KEYWORDS: Ida Nadi, Kundalini, Muladhara, Pingala, Sahasrara, Sakti, Sushumna. INTRODUCTION On the other hand, they consist of astral matters and NADI MEANING visible only to persons having psychic vision. The origin of word nadi is from Sanskrit root CHARACTERISTICS OF NADIS “nad ’’ which means flow or channel .The prana or life IDA force flows along the subtle channels known as nadi. Left channel According to tantras they are network of subtle White color channels through which the prana-the life force Feminine nature circulates. Cool Nadi concept is almost 3,000 years old in Represents moon and river Ganga. Hindu philosophy. Ancient yogic texts describe that the human body consists of seventy two thousand Meaning –comfort nadis. There are fourteen main nadis according to Path-Follows the path from left testicle to left Shiva Samhita out of which Ida, Pingala and nostril. Sushumna are considered most vital. Sushumna is the Other name-Chandra nadi,sasi central passage through which the awakened Kundalini Location-left side of the spine moves upward .Nadis do not mean nerves of Introverted physiological system. The location of nadis is not in Lunar nadi the physical body having physiological counterparts. www.eprajournals.com 35 Volume: 3 | Issue: 11 | November 2017 EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) | ISSN (Online): 2455 -3662 | SJIF Impact Factor : 4.924 PINGALA Sushumna with mouth. The Shakti is , the static Right channel unmanifested Kundalini which is symbolized by a Tawny (brown) or golden color serpent in sleeping mode coiled into three and half Masculine nature circles. NADIS IN ANCIENT TEXTS Hot In many Upanishads, like Chandogya and Represents the river Yamuna Prasna Upanisad.we get discussion regarding the Meaning- tawny concept of nadis .The susumna nadi which has been Path- Originating in Muladhara, Pingala referred to in Kathopanishad, is a crucial notion in ends up in the right nostril. Hatha Yoga. Other name-Surya nadi,mihira Upanishad tells that in the heart dwells verily Location-Right side of the spine the Jivātma.. Extroverted According to the yoga theory, prana (life Solar nadi force energies) is carried by nadis. Blood, Air, water, SUSHUMNA nutrients and other body fluids are transported by the o Central channel nadis in the physical body. The other name of he o Meaning-very gracious or kind physical body is Shula sarira (gross body). o Path-along the spinal cord in the The nadis are similar to the middle through seven chakras or veins, arteries, bronchioles, capillaries, lymph psychic centers. canals, nerves and so on. o Represents river Saraswati. The nadis carry the intellectual, vital, seminal, o The lower face of Sushumna is cosmic and mental energies in the subtle or causal blocked until the arousal of body. Regarding the number of nadis in the human Kundalini happens. It has its body there are different views in yogic texts. interpenetration into cerebrospinal According to Hatha Yogic texts, there are 72,000 axis. nadis, each of which branches off into 72,000 nadis. o As described in Swara yoga, Ancient text Shiva Samhita speaks of 350,000 nadis Sushumna has the characteristics of originating from the navel center. opening of both nostrils and free NADI IN SWARA YOGA passage of air. It interconnects the Swara yoga is a science which deals in great root chakra to the crown chakra. detail with the changing flows of the nadis. As per o One can make the mind quiet by Shiva Swarodaya there exist ten important nadis following connecting to the 'doorways' leading in and out of the Yama, Niyama, Asana and Pranayama as body. suggested in Patanjali Yoga Sutra. As a Chakras are like sub stations situated along result .the stage of pratyahara or the spinal column. withdrawal begins and the person in this Of these ten the most important nadis ida, state never experience dispersion of pingala and sushumna like the high voltage wires mind. The movements in sushumna are which conduct the energy to the chakras. exhibited in the subtle body now. There are seven lesser nadis known as OTHER NADIS gandhari, hastihihva, pooscha, yasaswini, alambusha, Vajra, Chitrini and Brahma nadi are the kuhu, sankhini. three subtle channels within the NADIS AND THEIR RELATED ORGAN Sushumna nadi. Movement of Kundalini GANDHARI-LEFT EYE occurs from just below Muladhara chakra HASTIJIHVA-RIGHT EYE to Sahasrara chakra at the crown of the POOSHA-RIGHT EAR head through these nadis. YASHASWINI=LEFT EAR KANDA ALAMNUSHA-MOUTH The kanda is otherwise known as “Yukta KUHU-REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN Triveni “and is located in Muladhara chakra .Yukta SANKHINI-RECTUM means "combined", tri means "three “and veni Upanishads describe 14 to 19 nadis which are listed means "streams".The three nadis have their junction at below. this point.. Jihva In mooladhra there exists Svayambhu linga at Kurma the base of the spine which forms the central axis., Payaswini Shakti exists around the linga blocking the entrance to Saraswati www.eprajournals.com 36 Volume: 3 | Issue: 11 | November 2017 EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) | ISSN (Online): 2455 -3662 | SJIF Impact Factor : 4.924 Saumya There is another classical text on chakras and Shura nadis known as Sat-Cakra-Nirupana (1520As per Varuni this text ida, pingala and sushumna bear the names of Vilambha Sasi, Mihira and Susumna respectively. Sushumna nadi has threefold Gunas and exists in the middle. Different Vishvodar. forms like that of Fire, Moon, Sun, and even water also However in Swara yoga no description regarding the may be assumed by Sushumna nature or function of above nadis is available.Since three nadis ida,pingala and sushumna govern the TANTRIC CONCEPT OF NADI whole system of the nadis and body Tantra practitioners of ancient India processes,concentration on only these three nadis is developed the methods of mappings of the different essential. ways of energy circulation within us. The most POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECT OF important discovery of early tantric tradition was the concept the nadis. The energetic irrigation system of NADIS: the body which keeps us alive is represented by the Ida and pingala belong to one prana or Shakti nadis. but posses opposite aspects. Maha prana ranges As per tantric concept Shiva the Shakt are the varying from gross to subtle or tangible to intangible in twin forces which exist within each individual. We macrocosmic level. In microcosmic level ,polarization can perceive them as brain and pranic body in form of of prana into ida and pingala occurs in the body level. ida and pingala. It gives the idea of two minds l.e. The negative and positive aspects of nadis or prana are positive and the other negative. This strengthens the symbolic and are purely descriptive terms and those idea of existence of a male and female side in should not be confused with positive and negative ions everyone of us. or with positive and negative mental states. Many Tantric texts speak of 72,000 nadis in TRIUNE ENERGY SYSTEM the body, through which the prana is channelized to Depending on the flow of energy and every cell. Out of these nadis some are wide and magnetic pull of positive and negative forces body is rushing; while others are a mere trickle. A free and divided into two divisions or zones. The two adjoining smooth nadi system reflects a healthy body of the sides meet in the central axis and thus the positive and individual. On the other hand, when the nadi system is negative energies become equalized creating a neutral weak or congested, the person suffers with poor energy field which runs straight up and down through physical as well as mental health. The pranic flow of the centre. In yoga we call this important pathway as energy in our bodies is strengthened by Hatha yoga sushumna nadi. Sushumna nadi also emerge from the practices. One cannot see nadis by microscope as they spinal base like ida and pingala, but it does not get are subtle body parts like the chakras (psycho energetic diverted to right or left and travels directly up through power centers)and prana.. In traditional yoga system the centre. Piercing the main chakras and plexuses subtle body is assumed to be real which is not accepted along the way it joins with Ida and pingala at ajna in modern medical science which relates them to the chakra in the region of the medulla oblongata.
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