Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.114
Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c19.114
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c19.114
The former, the kanda, is called also kandayoni and nāḍi-cakra. Descriptions are contradictory and do not make clear just what is meant and it has been suggested that it is the uterus, or the testes. It is spoken of as the meeting place, or the origin, of all the nāḍis, the place whence all the vital airs flow. It is shaped like an egg, and above it Kuṇḍalinī is coiled eight times and is asleep. It lies between the anus and the root of the meḍhra (male organ). And, again, it is said that it is strung on the suṣumṇā in the maṇipūraka. It is clearly close to the source of creative forces. Dr. Dasgupta says: