Sushumnā
Sushumnā
Sushumnā is a name used for more than one thing in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Things and ideas
- Sushumnā: the central nāḍī (channel of the vital breath) of the body, with Iḍā on the left and Piṅgalā on the right, the path of amṛta and of nāda in bhūta-śuddhi, dīkshā and dhāraṇā. Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 23, 51, 75, 81, 83–85, 88, 214, 307, 375; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 2, Chapter 2; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 48; Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 40
- Sushumnā (Ray of Sūrya): the ray of Bhagavān Sūrya in whose form he entered the womb of Aditi to be born as her son. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 32