[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) › c19.56 # Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.56 Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c19.56 - **Language:** English ### [c19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.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 - [Previous: c19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.55) - [Next: c19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.57) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.56) · Pramāṇa