"pranayama" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pranayamas [plural]
Etymology: From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|sa|प्राणायाम}} Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pranayama (countable and uncountable, plural pranayamas)
  1. Breathing techniques; breath control, often synchronized with movements between asanas in yoga. Wikipedia link: pranayama Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Yoga Translations (breathing techniques): 呼吸節奏 (Chinese Mandarin), 呼吸节奏 (hūxī jiézòu) (Chinese Mandarin), pránajáma [feminine] (Czech), pranayama (Finnish), pránajáma (Hungarian)

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