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The Great Liberation Tantra3.47

3.47
शनैःशनैस्त्यजेद्वायुं जपन् षोडशधा मनुम् । वामनासापुटेऽप्येवं पूरकुम्भकरेचकम् ॥४७॥
śanaiḥśanaistyajedvāyuṃ japan ṣoḍaśadhā manum | vāmanāsāpuṭe'pyevaṃ pūrakumbhakarecakam ||47||
— very slowly ; — should release the breath ; — reciting ; — sixteen times ; — the mantra ; — in the left nostril too ; — likewise ; — inhalation, retention, and exhalation

he should release the breath very slowly, reciting the mantra sixteen times; in the left nostril likewise (he should perform) inhalation, retention, and exhalation.