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Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c6.49

Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c6.49

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c6.49

The candidate may now add to his name the sect word, dās.⁵ To this Almora Yogīs agree, but at Gorakhpur and at Devī Pātan it was contradicted. He may at this time, or during the final stage of the initiation, receive from his guru a new name, that of some saint, or of a plant, or of an animal.¹