Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.94

c19.94

In the centre of the square is a red triangle resting on its apex, symbolizing the yoni, and called Kāmarūpa. It is described also as the triangular place of fire, looking like burnished gold, that by which kāma is felt. In the yoni stands the self-existent liṅga, with its disc of light like a jewel, around which is coiled eight times, and shining like lightning, Kuṇḍalinī. She is asleep closing with her mouth (head, face) the aperture of the liṅga. Here in particular is the brahmadwāra where she drinks nectar, and produces words, or is the source of sounds. She is to be meditated upon, here, as a girl of sixteen in full bloom (Bālasundarī). Moreover, she is the support of the body as Śeṣa of the earth. On the triangle rests the bīja, or seed, or charm of the cakra, the letter लं (l, laṅ), yellow in colour, the bīja-mantra of earth and also of Indra. The tip of the bīja rests on the elephant of Indra. In the bindu or dot of this letter is the four-headed, four-armed Brahmā, shining like 10,000,000 suns, seated on a haṃsa, or swan. By his side is Dākiṇī Śakti. She is a terrible form of Kālī, who feeds on human flesh; and who casts the evil eye upon children causing them to pine and die, by consuming their livers. She carries in her four hands a spear, a staff with a human skull, a sword and a cup of wine. She is fierce and plump, and is clad in a black antelope’s skin. She is sitting on a lotus.