Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.56
Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c19.56
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c19.56
Iḍā, piṅglā and suṣumṇā are called respectively moon (candra, śaśī), sun (Sūrya, mihra) and fire (agni);⁵ and Gaṅgā, Jumnā and Sarasvatī.⁶ Iḍā is feminine, piṅglā is masculine. They both indicate Kāla (death) and suṣumṇā devours Kāla.⁷ Iḍā was the universal mother, the mother Earth.⁸