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'''Tsa''' (Skt. ''nadi''  [[Wyl.]] ''rtsa'') – the subtle channels within the [[psycho-physical system]].
<noinclude>'''Subtle channels''' (Skt. ''nāḍi''; Tib. [[རྩ་]], ''tsa'', [[Wyl.]] ''rtsa'') — </noinclude>There are 72,000 subtle channels in the body, but the three principal ones are:


[[Category:Key Terms]
*the [[central channel]] (Skt. ''avadhūtī''; Tib. དབུ་མ་, ''uma'', Wyl. ''dbu ma''), running parallel to the spine,
*the right channel (Skt. ''rasanā''; Tib. རོ་མ་, ''roma'', Wyl. ''ro ma'') and
*the left channel (Skt. ''lalanā''; Tib. རྐྱང་མ་, ''kyangma'', Wyl. ''rkyang ma''), which run either side of the central channel.
The right and left channels coil around the central one at a number of points to form a series of "knots". Along the central channel are situated a number of “channel wheels,” the ''[[chakra]]s'' or energy-centers, from which channels branch off like the ribs of an umbrella.<noinclude>
 
==Alternative Translations==
*Energy channels
 
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Latest revision as of 05:30, 12 August 2017

Subtle channels (Skt. nāḍi; Tib. རྩ་, tsa, Wyl. rtsa) — There are 72,000 subtle channels in the body, but the three principal ones are:

  • the central channel (Skt. avadhūtī; Tib. དབུ་མ་, uma, Wyl. dbu ma), running parallel to the spine,
  • the right channel (Skt. rasanā; Tib. རོ་མ་, roma, Wyl. ro ma) and
  • the left channel (Skt. lalanā; Tib. རྐྱང་མ་, kyangma, Wyl. rkyang ma), which run either side of the central channel.

The right and left channels coil around the central one at a number of points to form a series of "knots". Along the central channel are situated a number of “channel wheels,” the chakras or energy-centers, from which channels branch off like the ribs of an umbrella.

Alternative Translations

  • Energy channels