[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938) › c19.118 # Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.118 Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c19.118 - **Language:** English ### [c19.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.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 - [Previous: c19.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.117) - [Next: c19.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.119) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Gorakṣaśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.natha.hathayoga.goraksa.goraksasataka) — Gorakṣanātha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.118) · Pramāṇa