Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.118

c19.118

The cakras which the Hindus mention are numerous, but those already enumerated are the principle ones. Under the name of *ādhāras*, seats of vital functions, they are objects of meditation. The word is said to mean ‘container.’¹ The list of sixteen as supplied by the commentary² to the Poona edition of the *Gorakṣaśataka*, together with their positions, which includes those already described is³ as follows: (1) *Pādaṅgusthādhāra* (great toe); (2) *Mūlādhāra* (anus); (3) *Gudādhāra* (rectum); (4) *Meḍhrādhāra* (liṅga); (5) *Uḍḍiyānādhāra* (above the navel); (6) *Nābhyādhāra* (navel); (7) *Hṛdayādhāra* (heart); *Kaṇṭhādhāra* (throat); (9) *Ghaṇṭikādhāra* (soft palate); (10) *Tatvādhāra* (in soft palate); (11) *Jihvamūlādhāra* (root of the tongue); (12) *Urdhvadantamūlādhāra* (root of upper front teeth); (13) *Nāsāgrādhāra* (tip of the nose); (14) *Bhrumadhyādhāra* (a point between the eyebrows); (15) *Lalāṭādhāra* (forehead); (16) *Brahmarandhrādhāra* (top of head).⁴