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Pingala

The English word “Pingala” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. One of the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine, the energies or prana of the physical body, are said to flow.
  2. An attendant of Surya.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पिङ्गल (piṅgala, “reddish-brown, tawny, yellow, gold-coloured”).

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