Do humans breathe 21600 times in a day according to the Yoga sastra?












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I came to know that a human breathes 21,600 times per day according to Yoga sastra.



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    Yes... per minute 15 per hour 900... per day 21600.. that's why you see Kalasa of Nataraj temple is 21600 tall with 9 entry points. Through Pranayama if you reduce your breathing your life span extends

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I came to know that a human breathes 21,600 times per day according to Yoga sastra.



Which shloka explicitly says this?










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    Yes... per minute 15 per hour 900... per day 21600.. that's why you see Kalasa of Nataraj temple is 21600 tall with 9 entry points. Through Pranayama if you reduce your breathing your life span extends

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I came to know that a human breathes 21,600 times per day according to Yoga sastra.



Which shloka explicitly says this?










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    Yes... per minute 15 per hour 900... per day 21600.. that's why you see Kalasa of Nataraj temple is 21600 tall with 9 entry points. Through Pranayama if you reduce your breathing your life span extends

    – Akshay S
    Jan 21 at 15:58














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    Yes... per minute 15 per hour 900... per day 21600.. that's why you see Kalasa of Nataraj temple is 21600 tall with 9 entry points. Through Pranayama if you reduce your breathing your life span extends

    – Akshay S
    Jan 21 at 15:58








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Yes... per minute 15 per hour 900... per day 21600.. that's why you see Kalasa of Nataraj temple is 21600 tall with 9 entry points. Through Pranayama if you reduce your breathing your life span extends

– Akshay S
Jan 21 at 15:58





Yes... per minute 15 per hour 900... per day 21600.. that's why you see Kalasa of Nataraj temple is 21600 tall with 9 entry points. Through Pranayama if you reduce your breathing your life span extends

– Akshay S
Jan 21 at 15:58










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Hamsa Upanishad, Yoga Upanishad which belongs to Shukla Yajurveda, mentions that.




अथ हंस ऋषिः ।
अव्यक्ता गायत्री छन्दः ।
परमहंसो देवता ।
अहमिति बीजम् ।

स इति शक्तिः । सोऽहमिति कीलकम् ।
षट् सङ्ख्यया
अहोरात्रयोरेकविंशतिसहस्राणि षट् शतान्यधिकानि भवन्ति




English Translation by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar:




(Here the performance of Ajapā Gāyaṭrī is given).



"Now Hamsa is the ṛshi; the metre is Avyakṭā Gāyaṭrī; Paramahamsa is
the ḍevaṭā (or presiding deity) 'Ham' is the bīja; 'Sa' is the śakṭī;
So’ham is the kīlaka. Thus there are six. There are 21, 600 Hamsas
(or breaths) in a day and night
.







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    This is mentioned in Yogic texts as well as in numerous Tantras.



    For example the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra says:




    The breath is exhaled with the sound 'Ha' and inhaled again with the
    sound 'Sa'. Thus the individual always repeats this particular mantra
    Hamsa. (155)



    This japa of the Devi which was previously indicated, (being repeated)
    twenty-one thousand six hundred times during the day and night, is
    easily available and difficult only for the ignorant. (156)




    I am quoting from p 68 of the PDF.



    enter image description here



    Yet another reference for the same from Dhyana Bindu Upanishad linked with the Krishna Yajur Veda:




    61(b)-63. The Jiva comes out with the letter ‘Ha’ and gets in again
    with the letter ‘Sa’. Thus Jiva always utters the Mantra ‘Hamsa’,
    ‘Hamsa’. The Jiva always utters the



    Mantra twenty-one thousand and six hundred times in one day and night.
    This is called Ajapa Gayatri and is ever the bestower of Nirvana to
    the Yogins.



    64-66(a). Through its very thought, man is freed from sins. Neither in
    the past nor in the future is there a science equal to this, a Japa
    equal to this or a meritorious action equal to this. Parameshvari
    (viz., Kundalini Sakti) sleeps shutting with her mouth that door which
    leads to the decayless Brahma-hole




    A related and interesting article which you can read is: Time and the Kalachakra.






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    • Hamsa Upanishad also mentions same Ajapa Gayatri.

      – The Destroyer
      Jan 21 at 16:41











    • Yes saw and upvoted ur answer .. actually numerous Tantras talk about it too .. that article I linked is interesting u can read it...@TheDestroyer

      – Rickross
      Jan 21 at 16:43



















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    Apart from various Tantra as mentioned in other answers, Garuda Purana, Chapter 15 also says that there are twenty-one thousand six hundred breaths in one day.




    77-80. It is said by the wise that the subtle movements of the breath in one day and night number twenty-one thousand six hundred.



    It goes out with the sound of "ha," and enters again with the sound of "sa." The individual is, indeed, always repeating the mantra. "Haṁsa, haṁsa,"--



    Six hundred for Gaṇeśa; six thousand for Vedhas; six thousand for Hari; six thousand for Hara.



    A thousand for the Jīvātman; a thousand for Guru; a thousand or the Chidātman;--thus one should understand the respective numbers of the repetitions.







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      Hamsa Upanishad, Yoga Upanishad which belongs to Shukla Yajurveda, mentions that.




      अथ हंस ऋषिः ।
      अव्यक्ता गायत्री छन्दः ।
      परमहंसो देवता ।
      अहमिति बीजम् ।

      स इति शक्तिः । सोऽहमिति कीलकम् ।
      षट् सङ्ख्यया
      अहोरात्रयोरेकविंशतिसहस्राणि षट् शतान्यधिकानि भवन्ति




      English Translation by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar:




      (Here the performance of Ajapā Gāyaṭrī is given).



      "Now Hamsa is the ṛshi; the metre is Avyakṭā Gāyaṭrī; Paramahamsa is
      the ḍevaṭā (or presiding deity) 'Ham' is the bīja; 'Sa' is the śakṭī;
      So’ham is the kīlaka. Thus there are six. There are 21, 600 Hamsas
      (or breaths) in a day and night
      .







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        Hamsa Upanishad, Yoga Upanishad which belongs to Shukla Yajurveda, mentions that.




        अथ हंस ऋषिः ।
        अव्यक्ता गायत्री छन्दः ।
        परमहंसो देवता ।
        अहमिति बीजम् ।

        स इति शक्तिः । सोऽहमिति कीलकम् ।
        षट् सङ्ख्यया
        अहोरात्रयोरेकविंशतिसहस्राणि षट् शतान्यधिकानि भवन्ति




        English Translation by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar:




        (Here the performance of Ajapā Gāyaṭrī is given).



        "Now Hamsa is the ṛshi; the metre is Avyakṭā Gāyaṭrī; Paramahamsa is
        the ḍevaṭā (or presiding deity) 'Ham' is the bīja; 'Sa' is the śakṭī;
        So’ham is the kīlaka. Thus there are six. There are 21, 600 Hamsas
        (or breaths) in a day and night
        .







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          Hamsa Upanishad, Yoga Upanishad which belongs to Shukla Yajurveda, mentions that.




          अथ हंस ऋषिः ।
          अव्यक्ता गायत्री छन्दः ।
          परमहंसो देवता ।
          अहमिति बीजम् ।

          स इति शक्तिः । सोऽहमिति कीलकम् ।
          षट् सङ्ख्यया
          अहोरात्रयोरेकविंशतिसहस्राणि षट् शतान्यधिकानि भवन्ति




          English Translation by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar:




          (Here the performance of Ajapā Gāyaṭrī is given).



          "Now Hamsa is the ṛshi; the metre is Avyakṭā Gāyaṭrī; Paramahamsa is
          the ḍevaṭā (or presiding deity) 'Ham' is the bīja; 'Sa' is the śakṭī;
          So’ham is the kīlaka. Thus there are six. There are 21, 600 Hamsas
          (or breaths) in a day and night
          .







          share|improve this answer















          Hamsa Upanishad, Yoga Upanishad which belongs to Shukla Yajurveda, mentions that.




          अथ हंस ऋषिः ।
          अव्यक्ता गायत्री छन्दः ।
          परमहंसो देवता ।
          अहमिति बीजम् ।

          स इति शक्तिः । सोऽहमिति कीलकम् ।
          षट् सङ्ख्यया
          अहोरात्रयोरेकविंशतिसहस्राणि षट् शतान्यधिकानि भवन्ति




          English Translation by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar:




          (Here the performance of Ajapā Gāyaṭrī is given).



          "Now Hamsa is the ṛshi; the metre is Avyakṭā Gāyaṭrī; Paramahamsa is
          the ḍevaṭā (or presiding deity) 'Ham' is the bīja; 'Sa' is the śakṭī;
          So’ham is the kīlaka. Thus there are six. There are 21, 600 Hamsas
          (or breaths) in a day and night
          .








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              This is mentioned in Yogic texts as well as in numerous Tantras.



              For example the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra says:




              The breath is exhaled with the sound 'Ha' and inhaled again with the
              sound 'Sa'. Thus the individual always repeats this particular mantra
              Hamsa. (155)



              This japa of the Devi which was previously indicated, (being repeated)
              twenty-one thousand six hundred times during the day and night, is
              easily available and difficult only for the ignorant. (156)




              I am quoting from p 68 of the PDF.



              enter image description here



              Yet another reference for the same from Dhyana Bindu Upanishad linked with the Krishna Yajur Veda:




              61(b)-63. The Jiva comes out with the letter ‘Ha’ and gets in again
              with the letter ‘Sa’. Thus Jiva always utters the Mantra ‘Hamsa’,
              ‘Hamsa’. The Jiva always utters the



              Mantra twenty-one thousand and six hundred times in one day and night.
              This is called Ajapa Gayatri and is ever the bestower of Nirvana to
              the Yogins.



              64-66(a). Through its very thought, man is freed from sins. Neither in
              the past nor in the future is there a science equal to this, a Japa
              equal to this or a meritorious action equal to this. Parameshvari
              (viz., Kundalini Sakti) sleeps shutting with her mouth that door which
              leads to the decayless Brahma-hole




              A related and interesting article which you can read is: Time and the Kalachakra.






              share|improve this answer


























              • Hamsa Upanishad also mentions same Ajapa Gayatri.

                – The Destroyer
                Jan 21 at 16:41











              • Yes saw and upvoted ur answer .. actually numerous Tantras talk about it too .. that article I linked is interesting u can read it...@TheDestroyer

                – Rickross
                Jan 21 at 16:43
















              7














              This is mentioned in Yogic texts as well as in numerous Tantras.



              For example the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra says:




              The breath is exhaled with the sound 'Ha' and inhaled again with the
              sound 'Sa'. Thus the individual always repeats this particular mantra
              Hamsa. (155)



              This japa of the Devi which was previously indicated, (being repeated)
              twenty-one thousand six hundred times during the day and night, is
              easily available and difficult only for the ignorant. (156)




              I am quoting from p 68 of the PDF.



              enter image description here



              Yet another reference for the same from Dhyana Bindu Upanishad linked with the Krishna Yajur Veda:




              61(b)-63. The Jiva comes out with the letter ‘Ha’ and gets in again
              with the letter ‘Sa’. Thus Jiva always utters the Mantra ‘Hamsa’,
              ‘Hamsa’. The Jiva always utters the



              Mantra twenty-one thousand and six hundred times in one day and night.
              This is called Ajapa Gayatri and is ever the bestower of Nirvana to
              the Yogins.



              64-66(a). Through its very thought, man is freed from sins. Neither in
              the past nor in the future is there a science equal to this, a Japa
              equal to this or a meritorious action equal to this. Parameshvari
              (viz., Kundalini Sakti) sleeps shutting with her mouth that door which
              leads to the decayless Brahma-hole




              A related and interesting article which you can read is: Time and the Kalachakra.






              share|improve this answer


























              • Hamsa Upanishad also mentions same Ajapa Gayatri.

                – The Destroyer
                Jan 21 at 16:41











              • Yes saw and upvoted ur answer .. actually numerous Tantras talk about it too .. that article I linked is interesting u can read it...@TheDestroyer

                – Rickross
                Jan 21 at 16:43














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              This is mentioned in Yogic texts as well as in numerous Tantras.



              For example the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra says:




              The breath is exhaled with the sound 'Ha' and inhaled again with the
              sound 'Sa'. Thus the individual always repeats this particular mantra
              Hamsa. (155)



              This japa of the Devi which was previously indicated, (being repeated)
              twenty-one thousand six hundred times during the day and night, is
              easily available and difficult only for the ignorant. (156)




              I am quoting from p 68 of the PDF.



              enter image description here



              Yet another reference for the same from Dhyana Bindu Upanishad linked with the Krishna Yajur Veda:




              61(b)-63. The Jiva comes out with the letter ‘Ha’ and gets in again
              with the letter ‘Sa’. Thus Jiva always utters the Mantra ‘Hamsa’,
              ‘Hamsa’. The Jiva always utters the



              Mantra twenty-one thousand and six hundred times in one day and night.
              This is called Ajapa Gayatri and is ever the bestower of Nirvana to
              the Yogins.



              64-66(a). Through its very thought, man is freed from sins. Neither in
              the past nor in the future is there a science equal to this, a Japa
              equal to this or a meritorious action equal to this. Parameshvari
              (viz., Kundalini Sakti) sleeps shutting with her mouth that door which
              leads to the decayless Brahma-hole




              A related and interesting article which you can read is: Time and the Kalachakra.






              share|improve this answer















              This is mentioned in Yogic texts as well as in numerous Tantras.



              For example the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra says:




              The breath is exhaled with the sound 'Ha' and inhaled again with the
              sound 'Sa'. Thus the individual always repeats this particular mantra
              Hamsa. (155)



              This japa of the Devi which was previously indicated, (being repeated)
              twenty-one thousand six hundred times during the day and night, is
              easily available and difficult only for the ignorant. (156)




              I am quoting from p 68 of the PDF.



              enter image description here



              Yet another reference for the same from Dhyana Bindu Upanishad linked with the Krishna Yajur Veda:




              61(b)-63. The Jiva comes out with the letter ‘Ha’ and gets in again
              with the letter ‘Sa’. Thus Jiva always utters the Mantra ‘Hamsa’,
              ‘Hamsa’. The Jiva always utters the



              Mantra twenty-one thousand and six hundred times in one day and night.
              This is called Ajapa Gayatri and is ever the bestower of Nirvana to
              the Yogins.



              64-66(a). Through its very thought, man is freed from sins. Neither in
              the past nor in the future is there a science equal to this, a Japa
              equal to this or a meritorious action equal to this. Parameshvari
              (viz., Kundalini Sakti) sleeps shutting with her mouth that door which
              leads to the decayless Brahma-hole




              A related and interesting article which you can read is: Time and the Kalachakra.







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              • Hamsa Upanishad also mentions same Ajapa Gayatri.

                – The Destroyer
                Jan 21 at 16:41











              • Yes saw and upvoted ur answer .. actually numerous Tantras talk about it too .. that article I linked is interesting u can read it...@TheDestroyer

                – Rickross
                Jan 21 at 16:43



















              • Hamsa Upanishad also mentions same Ajapa Gayatri.

                – The Destroyer
                Jan 21 at 16:41











              • Yes saw and upvoted ur answer .. actually numerous Tantras talk about it too .. that article I linked is interesting u can read it...@TheDestroyer

                – Rickross
                Jan 21 at 16:43

















              Hamsa Upanishad also mentions same Ajapa Gayatri.

              – The Destroyer
              Jan 21 at 16:41





              Hamsa Upanishad also mentions same Ajapa Gayatri.

              – The Destroyer
              Jan 21 at 16:41













              Yes saw and upvoted ur answer .. actually numerous Tantras talk about it too .. that article I linked is interesting u can read it...@TheDestroyer

              – Rickross
              Jan 21 at 16:43





              Yes saw and upvoted ur answer .. actually numerous Tantras talk about it too .. that article I linked is interesting u can read it...@TheDestroyer

              – Rickross
              Jan 21 at 16:43











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              Apart from various Tantra as mentioned in other answers, Garuda Purana, Chapter 15 also says that there are twenty-one thousand six hundred breaths in one day.




              77-80. It is said by the wise that the subtle movements of the breath in one day and night number twenty-one thousand six hundred.



              It goes out with the sound of "ha," and enters again with the sound of "sa." The individual is, indeed, always repeating the mantra. "Haṁsa, haṁsa,"--



              Six hundred for Gaṇeśa; six thousand for Vedhas; six thousand for Hari; six thousand for Hara.



              A thousand for the Jīvātman; a thousand for Guru; a thousand or the Chidātman;--thus one should understand the respective numbers of the repetitions.







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                Apart from various Tantra as mentioned in other answers, Garuda Purana, Chapter 15 also says that there are twenty-one thousand six hundred breaths in one day.




                77-80. It is said by the wise that the subtle movements of the breath in one day and night number twenty-one thousand six hundred.



                It goes out with the sound of "ha," and enters again with the sound of "sa." The individual is, indeed, always repeating the mantra. "Haṁsa, haṁsa,"--



                Six hundred for Gaṇeśa; six thousand for Vedhas; six thousand for Hari; six thousand for Hara.



                A thousand for the Jīvātman; a thousand for Guru; a thousand or the Chidātman;--thus one should understand the respective numbers of the repetitions.







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                  Apart from various Tantra as mentioned in other answers, Garuda Purana, Chapter 15 also says that there are twenty-one thousand six hundred breaths in one day.




                  77-80. It is said by the wise that the subtle movements of the breath in one day and night number twenty-one thousand six hundred.



                  It goes out with the sound of "ha," and enters again with the sound of "sa." The individual is, indeed, always repeating the mantra. "Haṁsa, haṁsa,"--



                  Six hundred for Gaṇeśa; six thousand for Vedhas; six thousand for Hari; six thousand for Hara.



                  A thousand for the Jīvātman; a thousand for Guru; a thousand or the Chidātman;--thus one should understand the respective numbers of the repetitions.







                  share|improve this answer













                  Apart from various Tantra as mentioned in other answers, Garuda Purana, Chapter 15 also says that there are twenty-one thousand six hundred breaths in one day.




                  77-80. It is said by the wise that the subtle movements of the breath in one day and night number twenty-one thousand six hundred.



                  It goes out with the sound of "ha," and enters again with the sound of "sa." The individual is, indeed, always repeating the mantra. "Haṁsa, haṁsa,"--



                  Six hundred for Gaṇeśa; six thousand for Vedhas; six thousand for Hari; six thousand for Hara.



                  A thousand for the Jīvātman; a thousand for Guru; a thousand or the Chidātman;--thus one should understand the respective numbers of the repetitions.








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