Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c5.3
Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c5.3
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c5.3
It is said that the practice of splitting the ears originated with Gorakhnāth,¹ and that the designation Kānphaṭa (literally, ‘Split-eared’) was a term of disrespect applied to these Yogīs by Musalmāns.¹