kundalini
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[edit] Etymology
From Sanskrit कुण्डलिनी (kuṇḍalinī, “coiled”).
[edit] Noun
kundalini
- (yoga) An energy said to lie coiled at the base of the spine, which can be released by yoga.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 131:
- For us it is, of course, a symbol of the caduceus of Aesculapius, of the spinal column, of the kundalini-serpent of the Indians – you will be able to trace the ancestry of the idea through many continents and many religions.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 131:
