[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c99.393 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.393 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.393 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c99.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99.393) Cakras (subtle centres in the human body) : vide under nāḍīs) : are six, spoken of as lotuses (\*padma\*) viz. Ādhāra or Mūlādhāra, Svādhiṣṭhāna, Maṇipūra, Anāhata, Viśuddha, Ājñā; and there is the Brahmarandhra figured as the pericarp of the Sahasrāra (thousand-petalled lotus) within the crown of the head, 1061-2 and n, 1137-38; are often identified with the five elements and the mind, 1062n; often identified with the nerve plexuses of modern physiology, but that appears to be wrong 1062; Avalon in tr. of Ṣaṭcakranirūpaṇa (plates I to VII) illustrates the six cakras and sahasrāra together with their colours etc 1061n; speculations about C. are based on the Upaniṣads that the heart is like a lotus and on the Nāḍīs 1063n; work of C. W. Leadbeater on 'Cakras' with illustrations 1061n. - [Previous: v7.c99.392](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99.392) - [Next: v7.c99.394](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99.394) - [Up: v7.c99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c99.393) · Pramāṇa