Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.98

c19.98

Between the two cakras, the mūlādhāra and the svādhiṣṭhāna is the yonisthāna, spoken of as the image of desire. It is the four-fingered space between the anus and the root of the male organ, described as two fingers-breadth from each of them. It is further characterized as the place of Śiva-Śakti, the place of enjoyment, and as Kāmarūpa. In part, at least, this seems to be identified with the triangle of the mūlādhāra.¹ Its position, as here described, must involve the idea that the body contains within itself both aspects of the creative power, reminiscences of the thought of ardhanārī. The place is sometimes spoken of as the Gaurīpīṭha.