Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c22.47

c22.47

*Śākta.* A worshipper of Śakti. *Śakti.* The female power or principle, often personified; the Goddess. *Śaligrām (Śalagrāma).* A black stone found in the Ghandaki river, and worshipped by Hindus; sacred to Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa. Some say that it should be an amonite. *Samādh (Samādhi).* Tomb of a saint. As a technical term the final state in the Yoga process; ‘release’. *Saṃkalpa.* Will, desire. *Satī.* The true wife; a name of Śiva’s consort. *Sattu.* Parched grain reduced to meal and made into a paste. *Śelī.* A necklace of threads, worn by mendicants. *Siddhis.* Perfections; supernormal powers. *Siṅg.* Horn. *Śrāddha.* Religious rites for the dead. *Śrīcakra.* A mystic circle of the Tāntra. *Sthān.* A place or location; a small shrine. *Śūnya.* Void. *Tāntra.* For Tāntric. *Ṭhākur.* An idol, a temple. *Ṭīkā.* A sect mark made on the forehead or between the eyebrows. *Tīrtha.* A place of pilgrimage. *Tripuṇḍ.* A sectarian mark of Śiva made with horizontal lines drawn with ashes or other substance on the forehead, arms or trunk. *Urd.* A pulse. *Vāmacāra.* Left-hand practice, or ritual. *Virakta.* Dispassionate. *Yab-Yum.* The state of union of the god and his consort. *Yantra.* A symbol or magic figure. *Yoni.* Womb, uterus, vulva, female organs of generation; source; origin, with the *liṅga* a typical symbol of the divine procreative energy.