Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c17.161
Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c17.161
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c17.161
The teaching of this development was carried on for some three centuries in secret, through a series of gurus and disciples, before it came into the open as a well-established cult. Its questionable side is evidenced by its use of the so-called twilight language, a style which admitted of two interpretations, one refined, the other indecent. This was necessary because ‘much of their work appears as indecent’ (Bhattacharyya).