Piṅgalā

Solar channel (right)

Solar nāḍī flanking suṣumṇā on the right. Red, heating, associated with the sun and the ascending vital breath. Mirrors iḍā: curves to meet suṣumṇā at ājñā and terminates at the right nostril.

SuṣumṇāIḍāPiṅgalāPiṅgalā

Point 3 of 3 in Three Principal Nāḍīs (suṣumṇā / iḍā / piṅgalā)

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Sat-Chakra-Nirūpaṇa v.1 (primary_canonical)

Sat-Cakra-Nirūpaṇa v.1 describes Piṅgalā as the right-flanking channel of Suṣumṇā and gives its solar association; its meeting with the central channel at the brow is the textual basis for this mirrored rendering.

Woodroffe, The Serpent Power p.108 (secondary)

“The Nāḍī Piṅgalā… sunlike in nature, courses on the right.”

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