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Pranayama

practice of breath control in Yoga
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Pranayama

Summary

Pranayama is a breathing technique[1]. Pranayama draws 1,299 Wikipedia views per month (breathing_technique category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pranayama's instance of is recorded as breathing technique[3].
  • Pranayama is a type of yoga[4].
  • Pranayama's Commons category is recorded as Yoga[5].
  • Pranayama's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pranayama[6].
  • Pranayama's different from is recorded as ānāpānassati[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Pranayama's instance of is recorded as breathing technique[3]. Pranayama is a type of yoga[4].

Why It Matters

Pranayama draws 1,299 Wikipedia views per month (breathing_technique category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] Pranayama has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] Pranayama is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → breathing technique
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → yoga
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534690005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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