Mahābandha

The great lock; simultaneous combination of mūlabandha, jālandhara-bandha and uḍḍiyāna-bandha. The Haṭhapradīpikā (3.19-22) describes it as the practice that causes prāṇa to circulate through suṣumṇā and arrests energetic dissipation. It is performed after mahāmudrā, maintaining all three locks during retention. Its mastery awakens [[kuṇḍalinī]] and leads to the state of samādhi.