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Pingala.

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

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

    Hinduism
  2. An attendant of Surya.

Where this word comes from

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

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