Daily Nyasa Kriyas: Types and the 72000 Nadis
Nyasa kriyas are central to yoga, worship and daily spiritual practice. Before the first lamp is lit in a traditional puja, the hand often moves before the voice. The thumb touches the index finger, then the middle, the ring, the little finger; a mantra is placed on each. The palm and the back of the hand follow. Only then does the practitioner reach for the lamp. This small sequence is Kara Nyasa, and it is one of the quiet hinges on which a larger ritual turns.
In the Sri Amit Ray tradition, Nyasa is linked to the 114 chakras and the 72000 nadis. It is central to Sri Rudram Sadhana, Sri Vidya Sadhana and any mantra sadhana, and it is used to build positive aura energy fields.
Nyasa means “placing” or “depositing”. In practice it is the ritual placement of mantra, letter or principle on the body, usually by touch, sometimes by gesture or intention. Its shortest daily form takes a few minutes; its longer forms belong to puja, initiation and tantric ritual. It is preparation: it makes the body ready, the hands fit for offering, and the mind gathered into one place.
