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Nirvana
Sage-Amshi - Zoom 3 Session-Mudra (28.02.21)
Indian Yogis attributed four important
purposes of human life, namely Dharma, Artha, Kaam and Moksha. 4th
Moksha is considered to be the highest sought goal by them. To achieve moksha
one needs knowledge, to attain knowledge one needs Yog. Performing right
actions, we attain wealth; with Wealth
we fulfill our desires and transcending desires we attain moksha.
That is why it is commented ‘योगहीन ज्ञान, ज्ञानहीन योग, दोनो ही मोक्ष नही दे सकते’, which neither knowledge nor Yog alone
can provide Moksha, it can happen only when both of them come together. One of
the important part of the yog is mudra. What is it?
मोदयति इति
मुद्रा ।। मु means realization of the
self, द
means through body and इति means provides. It is considered higher than the asan asans and pranayam. It
provides jpy, appeasement of divines and provider of divine powers. Bandha and
Mudra are not ashtang yog but rather it is from Tantra. Mudra can be 1.
Manoja-from mind (by negation of past and present karmas) 2. Vagbhava-from
Mantras (by purification of the self), 3. Dehobhava-through body posturing (by
focusing of the mind for assimilation of the pranas).
At some places
Mudras have been described as those which clear the practitioner of the malefic
Planet effects, burn all his sins and wrong doings.
Acharya
Ksheraj: it helps to
attain Atma; strengthen mantra; help realize all till Dwadashant (a specific
internal mental level). Mudra is also called Shakti;
Gherand
Samhita tells that it
provides divine powers, removes all shortcomings of the physical body,
increases digestive power.
Hath Yog
Pradipika says that it
helps in Kundlinin Raising, removal of all diseases and even death, provides 8
kinds of divine power, propitiates divinities.
Swachand/
Netra Tantra: it is kriya shakti.
Nitya Shodashikarnav: it provides power, darshan of the divinity, removes bad effects of planets, removes ignorance of the self.
As per Dancing
text, there are 62 mudras like Pataka, Sarp, Tripataka, Mayur, Ardh Chandra,
Hamsa Paksha, Katari, Mushti, Shuchi etc. But it has been very rightly
described in the following sloka>
यतो हस्तो ततो दृष्टि, यतो दृष्टि ततो मनः,
यतो मनः ततो भावः, यतो भावः ततो रसः
।।
Another
interesting comment made in aspect of Dancing is that ‘A dancer should sing
through throat, Express through hand gestures, show inner feeling through Eyes
and Express the rhythm through feet.’
Mudras can be
divided into many groups as follows:
Astrological (Thumb-Mars, Index-Jupiter,
Middle-Saturn, Ring-Sun and Little-Mercury)
Ayurvedic: Vaat, Pitt and Kaph.
Nritya: 62 in number.
Poojan: (Tantra or Vedic): Avahani, Sthapani,
Sannirodhini, Sammukhi, Surbhi, Ankush, Avgunthan, Chakra, Matasya, Lelihaan,
Yoni, Conch, Linga, Panch Pranam, Mudgar etc.
Yog:
1.Pranic
(Mahamudra, Mahabhed, Mahavedh, Yoni, Vajroni, Shaktichalini, Shambhavi,
Pashini, Prithvi dharana, Jaliye Dharama, Agni Dharana, Vayavi Dharana, Akashi
Dharana)
2.Glandular
(Nabho Mudra, Khechari Mudra, Tadagi Mudra, Manduki Mudra, Matangani Mudra,
Bhujangani Mudra, Vipritakarani Mudra, Ashwani Mudra, Kaki Mudra)
3.Others (Vajroli, Sahjoli and Amroli mudra)
Mudra Details: Develop control over both mind and body.
A.Poojan Mudras
Avahani,
Sthapini, Sannidhapani, Sannibodhani Sakalikaran Parmikaran.
B.Pranic Mudras-Hand Forms
1.Pran Mudra:
Join Thumb, Ring finger and little finger
together keeping index and middle fingers straight. Provides energy/ Health,
Good for eyes, improves diseases resistance capacity, removes tiredness, hunger
and vitamin deficiency. Connected to ANAHAT Chakra.
Apan Mudra:
Join Thumb with middle finger and ring finger.
Relief from constipation, piles, diabetes,
kidney defects, stomach and heart diseases, as apan drains waste out of the
body, hence help us to detoxify. Connected with MOOLADHAR Chakra.
Vyan Mudra:
Join thumb with index finger and middle
finger, keeping other fingers straight.
Normalizes BP, reduces body pain due to
vitiated Vaat, activates and strengthens all nadis, removes faigue, laziness
and dizziness.
Saman Mudra:
Join thumb with all the dingers of the
hand.
Digestive fire fanned by it, balances
metabolism, improves functioning of lever, improves appetite, balances Tridosh.
Connected with MANIPUR Chakra.
Udan Mudra:
Join Thumb with index finger, middle finger
and ring finger, keeping little finger separate and straight.
Helps to regulate blood flow to brain,
effortless thinking, creativity and intellectual sharpness, alleviates asthma
and improves respiratory function, improves voice and speech control.
C.Tantra
Mudra
Karm mudra, Dhram mudra, Maha mudra, Samaya
mudra.
Avahani Mudra, Matasya Mudra, Yoni mudra,
Avgunthan Mudra, Chakra Mudra, Shankh Mudra, Sarvakarshani-Sarvidravani etc. 9
mudras, Panch-Pranaam-mudras, Lelihaan Mudra, Kachap Mudra etc.
D.Yogic
Mudras
1.Mahamudra(Great Psychic Attitude):
Subsidiary practices: Ujjai, Unmani, Khechari, Shambhavi and Moolabandh.
Sit in Sidhasan(males) or Sidhyoni
asan(females) with left heel in the space of sexual trigger point (Urethra) between
anus and testicles, turn tongue into Khechari position, head bent front, apply
Moolbandh and perform poorak with Ujjai, raising the pranic energy from in
frontal area of the body from Mooladhar to Vishudhi and simultaneously raising
the chin upwards pushing the pran from Vishudhi to Bindu at the back of the
head. Hold the breath and run your consciousness from Shambhavi(eye brow
center) to Khechari (roof of the mouth) to Mooladhar at the base
as many times as possible comfortably while holding breath.
Release Shambhavi Mudra, bring
consciousness to Bindu, exhaling retrace the path back to mooladhar. As pranic
energy nears mooladhar, release the bandh to enable it fall down completely.
Repeat this 12 times.
Benefits:
Divine powers, Nadi Shodhan, Stability of
semen, removal of all sins, Kundalini Rising, all diseases removed, digestive
fire increased, attractive physical body, old age removed and death removed,
all desires fulfilled, control over senses, Ida and Pingla are neutralized, all
ignorance removed, all six kinds of ras are well digested.
2.Mahabhedh Mudra:
Subsidiary practices: Ujjai, Unmani, Khechari, Nasika agra drishti, Jalandhar Bandh and Moolabandh.
1
Sit in a Sidh Asan (men) and Sidh Yoni Asan
(Women), bring your chin down towards the neck, apply moolbandh, exhaling fully
and concentrate on Mooladhar. Now with Ujjai raise the pranic energy up towards
throat passing through frontal passage at the level of various chakras. From
Vishudhi it should be raised to the bindu. Hold your breath there.
Then raise the chin a little up and bring
the consciousness to Ajna chakra and from there with Ujjai descend it downwards
through the spine passing through various chakras to Mooladhar, bending the
neck forward to bring the chin down to arrive at the same position as at the
start. Do Uddiyan Bandh. Holding the breath, run the consciousness up and down
from Mool-Uddiyan-Nasikagra. Run the consciousness as many rounds as
possible and then stop at Mool. Release the lock and let the pranic energy go
into Mool. This completes one round. One may repeat 3-12 rounds, depending upon
one’s own practice potential.
2
Sit with heel of the left foot in between
anus and testicles and right foot over the left leg. Inhale and hold the breath
with Jalandhar and Moolbandh. When no longer able to hold, exhale slowly. One
should do on both the sides equal number. In Gherand Samhita, it is said that
right foot should keep on pressing the left foot set in between anus and
testicles.
Benefits:
It causes 72,000 nadis in the body to
remain upward moving, provides great powers, makes free of the noose of death
and help see Shiva in the middle of the eye brows. It strengthens the whole
body and yogis mind becomes satisfied. Mahamudra dn Mahabhed Mudra affect
Mooladhar, Manipur, Ajna Chakra, builds concentration of mind and induce
meditation.
3.Mahavedh Mudra:
1
In it the technique is same as Mahabandh
mudra. During its practice it is said one should perform Uddiyan bandh and make
the pran fly into Sushumana.
2
Doing Mahabandh Mudra, lift the body a
little up by placing the hands on the floor and let it fall on the heel again
and again, thus do tadan / ताडन of the hips. It
should be done in kumbhak and not harshly in Unmani state of mind.
3
Joining Pran and Apan together, filling the
stomach with air, perform tadan kriya.
Benefits:
Without it Moolbandh and Mahabandh both are
futile or are of no value, Pran moves into Sushumana, neutralizes Ida and
Pingla, Ida-Pingla-Sushumana become helpers in self-realization, whiteness of
hair removed, old age and death removed, fire element increases, Air element
comes under control, all chakras and divinities start vibrating, Kundlini
Jagran, All sidhis received.
Practicing these three mudras (Maha-Mudra,
Mahabandh-Mudra, Maha-Vedh Mudra) regularly for 6 months one achieves victory
over death.
4.Yoni Mudra:
Sit in a comfortable asan and keeping ones
back straight, close ears with thumbs, press eyes with index fingers, close
nasal passages with middle fingers and inhale through mouth and close it with
ring and small fingers of both hands. Apply Mool bandh and Jallandhar bandh
thus directing Apan and Pran towards the navel where they will meet each other.
After this one should do dhyan of the chakras and then fix the gaze in the eye
brow center. Keep Mool bandh tight and not let the energy to leak through anus.
Hold as long as possible and then slowly release Jallandhar bandh, remove the
fingers on nose and mouth to slowly exhale in the end remove the moolbandh too.
Once exhale is complete, again inhale through mouth and close both nose and
mouth as earlier and again hold as long as possible. Repeat it three times
and not more than that as one should work with quality instead of quantity.
This kriya over the time, helps us collect together, all the scattered light
particles of knowledge in the Ajna chakra. When they come together, they
provide a circular shape like Sun for the yogi to meditate upon. There are many
details in it which can be instructed on one-to-one teachings.
It helps in development of Kundlini and
lights up upper Chakras. It gives peace of mind and clears us of all sins. It
helps gauge one’s spiritual progress too.
5.Vajroni Mudra or Vrishchik Asan:
It is a great mudra for Bindu Sidhi.
Physical body becomes strong like Vajra. It provides long life. All nadis in
the body are strengthened and also energizes the mind.
6.Shakti Chalini Mudra:
Shakti Chalan means movement of Shakti or
pranic energy inside our body. It can be done sitting as well as lying in
Shavasan pose.
Gets free of the fear of death, does not
face untimely death, controls death and can leave his body at will. It can be
used for self healing and healing of others near or at distance.
7.Shambhavi Mudra: Similar to Shanmukhi Mudra.
8.Pashini Mudra:
Lie down with face up on floor. Arms
straight by the sides of the thighs. Raise both of your legs all the way back
above the head so that the toes touch the floor like in Halasan. Interlock
fingers of both the hands and stretch your arms too on the floor in direction
opposite to your feet. No exhaling, folding legs, bring both knees close to
your ears with hips upwards. Hold comfortable, unfold your legs back to Halasan
and slowly return to Shavasan. Wait a few seconds and then perform another
round. Perform 3 rounds.
Proved energy to all parts of the body. It
stimulates all the spinal nerves in and around spine, stretches all the back
and spinal muscles, energizes the total nervous system and help release all
unconscious fears inside us. One can meditate on Mooladhar or Vishudhi chakra
too in this mudra position.
NOT TO BE by people suffering from heart
problem, slip disc, cervical spondilytis, weak eyes or high blood
pressure.
9.Yog Mudra:
Sit comfortable in Sukhasan, Padmasan,
Sidhasan or Swastik asan, whichever is comfortable. Bring both arms at the back
and hold with right wrist with left hand or hold elbows of opposite arms. Close
your eyes and inhale through nose. Slowly bend forward, exhaling the breath and
keeping the consciousness on the eye brow center. Touch the forehead to the
ground, if possible, else bend as much as you can forward. Co-ordinate the
breathing and forward bending position in such a manner that exhalation gets
complete as our head bends maximum front. Hold the forward bending position as
long as comfortable in Bahiya Kumbhak position i.e. without breath. When it is
difficult to hold without breath, slowly starts inhaling with raising the body
back to the starting position. Repeat it 11 times. It focuses the mind and
stimulates our Ajna chakra.
If one is having sciatica, slip disc, BP or
heart problem, some abdominal surgery etc., then one should not do it without
doctor’s consultation. It reduces blood flow to the legs and increases it to
pelvic and abdominal region, hence improves functioning of the organs lying in
that area and also alleviates sexual disorders. Releases pressure on the nerves
connected to the brain and whole body thus overall health improved.
Articulation of the joints improved.
More advanced form of Yog mudra is with
Badh-Padma Asan.
10.Parthivi Dharan: Done by doing dhyan of Brahma in the heart with kumbhak for 5
Ghadis or two hours, Victory over Earth element, victory over death, capacity
to roam on Earth without touching it.
11.Ambhasi or Jaliya Dharani Mudra: dhyan of Vishnu instead for two hours with Kumbhak, Victory over
death even after drowning in deep waters, end of all kinds of difficult to bear
sins and taap.
12.Aagnayi Mudra/ Vaishvanari Dharna: Raising the Agni tattva with yogic power inside and meditating on
it for two hours holding the breath. Freedom from fear of Death, no effect of
fire on a person even after entering live fire.
13.Vayavi Dharana: Victory over old age and death, Capacity to walk in space or sky,
control over air element and one cannot die due to air element.
14.Akashi Dharana: Meditate on Sadashiv in the heart with Ham beej for a time span of
two hours doing Kumbhak. One who practices it, never dies and does not get
affected in pralaya kaal, knower of it alone is the knower of yog.
E.Glandular
Mudra
1.Nabho Mudra:
Sit in any dhyan asan and curl up the
tongue touching the palate, inhale, perform Kumbhak and focus mind on that very
place on the soft palate. Taste the nectar colleting there from the Murdha
Granthi or Pituitary gland.
It stimulates all glands to secrete respective secretions. Power in men and attractiveness in women is attributed to it, if it is less than a person turns dwarf. All diseases removed. Since one’s tongue is engaged at the palate and hence cannot indulge in talking in Vaikhari and hence one is saved form speaking untruth and realizes the power of speech.
2.Khechari Mudra: Arises from mouth and one develops no difference to taste of any
kind. ‘Kha’ is Space and ‘Charan’ is movement. If tongue is held for a period
of 24 minutes in the taalumool, then all the imbalance of the seven metals in
the body is removed, disease, death and poison of snakes also removed, one
becomes free of all the karmic results and effects of time. One becomes
urdhav-retas, all diseases removed, all thirst, lethargy, sleep, hunger and
ignorance are removed, one who drinks the nectar falling in the forehead that
yogi attains victory over death in just 15 days practice, he is not affected by
the soft touch of women, his Semen never falls below Ajna chakra but if it even
falls down he can re suck it up through the help of Vajroli. Like if wood is
fed into fire, fire never dies; if oil is put in a deepak, deepak never
extinguishes, in the same manner if one keeps tasting the nectar falling in the
Ajna chakra then the Atma never leaves the physical frame. So a yogi should
daily eat beef (his own tongue which is cut every seventh day with the help of
a thread) and drink liquor (nectar in eye brow center).
3.Tadagi Mudra:
Lie down on your back with chest facing up
towards the sky. Exhale and suck your stomach in and try to as if touching
navel to the spine. Hole this position as long as possible. One may keep taking
a little breath while holding the stomach in above position.
One overcomes old age and death. It strengthens
Madhup granthi or Pancrease, which secretes INSULIN, if looses strength results
in diabetes.
4.Manduki Mudra:
1
Sit in a comfortable position and move the
tongue like a frog does i.e. moving it in and out.
2
Nose tip gazing is also called Manduki
mudra.
It helps activate salivary glands and taste
buds. The taste buds are located on the sides of the tongue towards its root.
So, movement of the tongue should be from the base. Makes skin tight, stops
greying of hair and one keeps young forever.
5.Matangani Mudra: Matang means an elephant.
Process: Inhale through mouth and exhale
through Nose. Then inhale through mouth and exhale through nose.
Take salt (Sendha) water in a glass. Drink
it through nose and spit it out through mouth. After this take another salted
water in a glass. Now drink through mouth and bring it out through nose. It
will clear the nasal tract of all unwanted kaph collected there. It will also
keep the trikuti area cool. This will help in making one peaceful, lose unnecessary
anger, improve eye sight and unnecessary thoughts generated, stress collected. Tonsils(infected
tonsils infect gall bladder and appendix, resulting arthritis and rheumatism)
and adenoids (located at the at the end of the nasal cavity in the form of a
patch of tissues, which trap harmful bacteria in breath and food and deny them
entry to our body) improved.
6.Bhujangani Mudra:
Bhujang means a snake. Sit in any asan
comfortably. Inhale through mouth so that breath goes in to the stomach, hold
it for some seconds there and exhale through mouth.
It strengthens Stomach; Spleen and Liver
purified; digestion stimulated and blood purified. Improves power and victory
over death. Stomach ailments removed, cools the midriff, balances the bindu.
Air cleanses everything inside,
7.Viprita Karani Mudra:
It is similar to Sarvaang Asan but the difference being that unlike Sarvangasan where shoulders to heels, whole body is held vertically in a straight line, in this mudra the upper body is kept at an angle of about 60 degrees to the floor supported by both hands with thumbs inwards and fingers outwards with upper arms up to elbows resting on the ground. Legs from hip joint onwards to the feet are held vertical.
Doing it for 3 hours daily, hair do not
turn grey, one gains victory over death, past karma effect gets weakened.
Testes and kidneys remain healthy.
8.Ashwani Mudra:
Sit in a comfortable position. Contract the
anus as you inhale. Hold as long as long easily possible, then release the
muscular contraction as one breathes out. This forms one round. As we contract
the anus, our genital area also gets contracted. Try not to let genitals
contract. No limit on practice.
It can also be practiced with just
contraction and relaxation of anus in any position.
Increases Power by redirecting it
upwards-hence making one urdhav-retas;
Makes anus sphincter muscles strong which
are associated with constipation and piles or hemorrhoids. It helps stimulate
intestinal peristalsis and help evacuation. It draws blood away form anus while
done in Sarvangasan, thus allow the blood to drain back towards heart. Colon
becomes stronger. It absorbs all the liquids because loss of them from the body
results in energy depletion in our physical body.
9.Kaki Mudra:
Pucker up the lips like beak of a crow and
inhale breath through it. Take the breath in to the stomach and hold it there
for some seconds. After this, exhale through mouth.
It strengthens secretion of stomach and
thus when stomach Gastrine is generated, it digests food which when entering
blood provides power to our body. Removes all diseases of stomach and
makes it healthy too.
Other
Mudras(from Tantra):
1.Vajroli Mudra: removes ignorance, provides realization even without following yam
and niyam to sad-grihastas, yog sidhi, divine body, Bindu sidhi, enjoys all
kinds of desires, one remains urdhav-retas despite being indulging in bhog.
Becomes knower of past, present and future, he can suck the raj of a female
even, it is a method of stopping the downward flow of semen.
In pitt centric initial flow and useless
end flow is left and only the middle flow of Bindu is taken.
2.Amroli Mudra:
Drinking of Amra though nose and practicing
Upward movement of the semen is this mudra. It provides divine sight/ divya
drishti. It is a method to suck up the fallen-out semen even after mixing it
with feminine secretions.
3.Sahjoli Mudra:
In it ashes from a dry cow-dung burning are
taken and smeared on head, forehead, eyes, heart, shoulders and both the arms
during copulation.
4.Unmani Mudra: Its mudra of ‘no mind’ or ‘thoughtless state’. Its done in kriya
yoga as well as in tantra.
1
Sit in a comfortable asan and focus your
attention on the eye brow center where Ajna chakra is, with eyes open. Though
are open, attention should be moved from Ajna to Vishudhi, Vishudhi to Anahat,
Anahat to Manipur, Manipur to Swadhishthan and Swadhishthan to Mooladhar
respectively. As we reach the bottom chakra we may close our eyes or half close
them as is comfortable. Repeat the whole dhyan again and again. In this state,
eyes perceive but they are not seeing anything, whole attention is inside.
Further naad and breath can be added to it.
2
Unmani is a state represented inside us,
where the mind is 1/512 of its state when fully in the world. In this the
consciousness is elevated from Ajna(1) to Bindu, where unit of mind is 1/2.
From Bindu one moves to Ardh Chandra (1/4), Nirodhika(1/8), Naad(1/16),
Naadant(1/32), Shakti(1/64), Vyapini(1/128), Samana(1/256), Unmani(1/512).
Benefits:
It performs Chit shudhi of the practitioner
by reducing the grossness of the mind. It gives great peace of mind, detaches
one from outer impulses and provides detachment from the world.
5.Agochari Mudra:
1
Sit comfortably and close your eyes
lightly. Slowly open them and fix them along with the mind on the tip of the
nose. We will see a V-form which converges at the eyebrow center. Become aware
of the breath flowing through the nose and the sound it makes while travelling
through it. Thus, focus on these aspects and exclude all else.
2
Sit comfortably in any dhyan asan. Raise
your any hand in front so that palm is pointing downwards. Touch thumb to upper
lip so that tip of the little finger is just in front of the tip of the nose at
a distance of four fingers. Now concentrate on the little finger tip without
blinking. As one gets use to fix gaze on it, remove the hand holding the gaze
in that area which the little finger-tip was. So now it becomes a niralmab
dhyan i.e. dhyan without any base. Thus,
it becomes dhyan on the space only.
Benefits:
Are similar to Tratak and Khechari mudra.
Turmoil and anger in mind is controlled. Try to perform in a secluded and
peaceful place.
6.Bhuchari Mudra: To fix mind in space four fingers in front of the nose. Oblivious
to the effects of fragrance and bad smell.
7.Chachari Mudra: to focus mind in the Ajna Chakra. Arises between the eyes. One is
not affected by any scene.
8.Gyan Mudra:
Gyan represents intuitive knowledge. Thus,
this mudra represents attitude of intuitive knowledge. Sit comfortable in any
dhyan asan with thumbs touching the respective hand index fingers. Thumb
represents FIRE element while the index finger represents AIR element or
thoughts in the mind. Pressing the index finger little bit with fire element,
decreases the thought train and enable focus.
Ayurvedic
Mudras
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Vaat Mudra:
Vaat constitution people are flat chested,
thin bodied, visible muscles, fibers and veins, few moles which tend to be
dark, either too tall or too short, prominent joints, rough and brittle nails,
nose bent or turned up, like sweet, salty and sour taste, like hot drinks,
Scanty urine, less perspiration, less sleep, hands and feet often cold,
creative, alert, active, restless, very quick understanding but short memory,
less will power, confidence and tolerance, weak reasoning, earn quick and spend
quick so remain poor.
Pitt Mudra:
Medium height, delicate body frame, medium
prominence of muscles, veins, many bluish moles and freckles, coppery
complexion, yellowish, reddish, fair. Soft skin which is warm and less
wrinkled, silky red/ brown thin hair growth which have tendency to grow grey
prematurely, gray or green eyes, eye balls medium, nails soft. Sharp nose with
reddish tip, good metabolism, digestion, good appetite, natural craving for
sweet, bitter astringent tastes, enjoy cold drinks. Sleep is of medium duration,
produces larger volume of urine, stools are soft and plentiful, excessive
perspiration, body temperature a little high, hands and feet are warm, do not
tolerate heat, Sun light and hard work, Intelligent, sharp and good orators,
are emotional, ambitious, appreciate material prosperity, well of and luxurious
possessions.
Kaph Mudra:
Well developed bodies, carry more
weight, broad extended chest, soft lustrous oily thick skin, veins etc
generally not seen on the skin, prominent bones, thick dark wavy soft hair,
dense eyes which are black or blue, white of eyes generally too white, eyes are
large and attractive, digestive function slow, slow eaters, like pungent bitter
and astringent foods, sound prolonged sleep, good stamina, soft stools,
happy,peaceful, tolerant, calm, forgiving, loving, exhibit traits of
greed-attachment-envy, slow comprehension and understanding, but once
understood very good memory. Wealthy, earn money and hold on to it well.
Trust information shared above was interesting and added to the knowledge of all the readers. Om!
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