Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.110

c19.110

The ājñā is also called the uḍḍiyāna and the *jñāna*-lotus. It is situated between the eyebrows, and back of them, and consists of two white petals on which are the letters हं and क्ष (*h*, and *kṣ* variegated in colour and with their bindus). They are the bījas of kalās. *Kalā*, a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon’s diameter, refers to Śiva as bearing one-sixteenth of the moon. This *cakra* is the seat of the buddhi, ahaṃkāra, manas and the *indryas* (the sensory and motor functions), all in subtle state. It is the circle of command over movements. It is the place of uninterrupted bliss. The circle of this lotus is white and within it is a white triangle containing a white liṅga called *itara liṅga*. Here is Paramaśiva.² The bīja-mantra of this *cakra* is ॐ (*oṃ*). As the inner ātma this oṃ is pure mind, buddhi, like a flame. Above it is the crescent moon, above that the bindu from makāra (m) and still higher the half crescent moon. The goddess of this lotus is Hākinī, six-faced, like so many moons, with six arms bearing a book, a skull, a drum, a rosary and with two hands extending in auspicious gesture. She is seated on a white lotus, drinking ambrosia.