Definitions for "Pingala"
(Sanskrit) Subtle nerve channel on the right side of the spine; channel used for directing kundalini energy and chakra work.
carries solar energy, right nostril
the right hand channel in each vehicle that moves energy outwards when awareness is awakened. It is called the Sun Channel.
Pingala (पिङ्गल ) is an ancient Indianhttp://www.sju.edu/~rhall/Multi/rhythm2.pdf Pingala mathematician, famous for his work, the Chandas shastra (, also Chandas sutra ), a Sanskrit treatise on prosody considered one of the Vedanga.