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Verse 1.222

गमने तु चतुर्विशन्नेत्रवेदास्तु धावने । मैथुने पञ्चषष्ठिश्च शयने च शताङ्गुलम्

In walking, the breath should extend twenty-four fingers; in running, thirty-four fingers; in sexual union, fifty-six fingers; and in sleeping, one hundred fingers. This verse establishes a direct correlation between the state of…

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