[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) › c19.61 # Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.61 Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c19.61 - **Language:** English ### [c19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.61) Suṣumṇā is called also brahmanāḍī (The Brahma-channel),⁹ Śūnyapadavī (path-of-non-existence, empty-path), brahmarandhra (hole-in-the-skull), mahāpatha (the-great-highway), śmaśāna (burial-ground), śāmbhavī (Durgā; sacred to Śiva), madhyamārga (middle-path), and śaktimārga (path of śakti).¹⁰ It is identified with the spinal cord,¹¹ and is said to extend from the mūlādhāra to the vacuum below the hole-in-the-skull. It is the path of enjoyment, in which male and female unite. - [Previous: c19.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.60) - [Next: c19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.62) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.61) · Pramāṇa