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Term: Pingala

DEFINITIONs:
1.  The nadi to the right side of the sushumna whose qualities are akin to the sun or solar energy. Associated with active, fiery, logical and masculine.
SOURCE:  Sacred Path of Reiki, by Katalin Koda

2.  Sanskrit. One of the three major psychic nerves, or nadis. Pingala is visualized as running up the right side of the spinal column conveying masculine, heating, rational energy. It exits in the right nostril and is a trigger for left-hemisphere functions.

AUTHOR:  Carl Llewellyn Weschcke