Talk:Iḍā
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By Swami Harshananda
iḍā
Nādīs are passages in the body that carry the prāṇic energy. According to the works on Haṭhayoga, there are 3,50,000 of them in the human body. Of these, fourteen are considered as the principal ones, out of which again, three are most important. They are idā, piṅgalā and suṣumnā. The iḍā starts from the left nostril and runs up to the mulādhāra-cakra, at the base of the spine. It is also called ‘candra or moon’.
It has an important role to play in prāṇāyāma.
See also piñgalā, prānāyāma and
SUṣUMNĀ.
The Rgvedic goddess Ilā is also spelt as ‘Iḍā’. See ILĀ for details.
In Vedic sacrifices, iḍā is the portion cut up from an oblatory material, sprinkled with ājya (ghee) and consumed by all the participants together.
References[edit]
* The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore