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# Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.89

Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c19.89

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### [c19.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c19.89)

The lower five are counted as centres of the five forms of matter—earth, water, fire, air and ether, each with its appropriate letter with its bindu, known as its bīja mantra, and its colour. At the top of the head (brahmarandhra) is the blissful abode of Paramaśiva-Śakti.

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