Vasu, Srisa Chandra [Editor]: The Gheraṇḍa sanhita: a treatise on Hatha yoga (Bombay, 1895)

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PAET Y.
TRATAKA OR GAZING.
54. Gaze (look) steadily witkout wincking at
any small object until tears begin to flow. This
is called Trataka by tbe wise.
55. Ey practising this Yoga, S'ambhavi Siddhis
are obtaiued ; and certainly all diseases of the eye
are destroyed and clairvoyance is induced.
PART YL
KAPALABHATI.
56. Kapalabhati is of three kinds : Yyut-krama
Yama-krama, and S'it-krama. They destroy dis-
orders of phlegm.
Yama-keama.
57. Draw the wind through the left nostril and
expel it through the right, and draw it again
through the right and expel itthrough the left.
58. This inspiration and expiration must be
done without any force. This practice destroys
disorders of phlegm.
Y yut-Krama.
59. Draw the water through the two nostrils
and expel it through the mouth slowly and slowly.
This is called Yyut-krama which destroys disorders
of phlegm.
S'it-krama.
60. Suck water through the mouth and expel it
through the nostrils. By this practice of Yoga one
becomes like the god Cupid.