[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) › c19.135 # Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.135 Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c19.135 - **Language:** English ### [c19.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.135) All the Yoga practice refers to \*Kuṇḍalinī\*.² She is described as coiled eight times around the liṅga, like a serpent, asleep, with her head (mouth) closing its aperture completely: Iyanger says three and one-half times. She is \*Śakti\*, Parameśvarī, the Infant Widow and \*Tapasvinī\* (female ascetic). Her place is between the guda and the liṅga. She is in all the mantras, \*e.g.\*, in all the letters, in all the lotuses, since the letters are her manifestations. She is the supreme \*Śakti\* active in both man and in the universe as \*prakṛti\*. She is best described in connection with her functions in the practice of Yoga which are set forth in the next chapter. - [Previous: c19.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.134) - [Next: c19.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.136) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.135) · Pramāṇa