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In Vedantic philosophy, it is the notion of a vital, life-sustaining force of living beings and vital [[energy]], comparable to the Chinese notion of [[Qi]]. Prana is a central concept in [[Ayurveda]] and [[Yoga]] where it is believed to flow through a network of fine subtle channels called nadis. The ''Pranamaya-kosha'' is one of the five Koshas or "sheaths" of the [[Atman]]
 
In Vedantic philosophy, it is the notion of a vital, life-sustaining force of living beings and vital [[energy]], comparable to the Chinese notion of [[Qi]]. Prana is a central concept in [[Ayurveda]] and [[Yoga]] where it is believed to flow through a network of fine subtle channels called nadis. The ''Pranamaya-kosha'' is one of the five Koshas or "sheaths" of the [[Atman]]
 
    
 
    
Prana was first expounded in the [[Upanishads]], where it is part of the worldly, physical realm, sustaining the body and the mother of thought and thus also of the [[mind]]. Prana suffuses all living forms but is not itself the [[Atman]] or individual soul. In the Ayurveda, the Sun and sunshine are held to be a source of Prana.
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Prana was first expounded in the [[Upanishads]], where it is part of the worldly, physical realm, sustaining the body and the mother of [[thinking|thought]] and thus also of the [[mind]]. Prana suffuses all living forms but is not itself the [[Atman]] or individual soul. In the Ayurveda, the Sun and sunshine are held to be a source of Prana.
    
==Nadis==
 
==Nadis==