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<noinclude>'''Subtle channels''' (Skt. ''nāḍi''; Tib. [[རྩ་]], ''tsa'', | <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: | ||
*the [[central channel]] (Skt. ''avadhūtī''; Tib. ''uma'' | *the [[central channel]] (Skt. ''avadhūtī''; Tib. དབུ་མ་, ''uma'', Wyl. ''dbu ma''), running parallel to the spine, | ||
*the right channel (Skt. ''rasanā''; Tib. ''roma'' | *the right channel (Skt. ''rasanā''; Tib. རོ་མ་, ''roma'', Wyl. ''ro ma'') and | ||
*the left channel (Skt. ''lalanā''; Tib. ''kyangma'' | *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> | 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> | ||
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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