Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c8.19

c8.19

He is said to have abdicated the throne of Ujjāin to become a Yogī. One tradition makes him the son of Rāja Bhoj. Although he was initiated by Jālandharipā, he is said to have been a disciple of Gorakhnāth; and the Āipanthīs of Hardwār say that he was initiated by Gorakhnāth. His chief associates were of the Kaplāni panth, also sprung from Jālandharipā’s sub-sect. Another tradition affirms that the panth is traced to Māināth, an orphan who was brought up by the Meos and who later became a disciple of Gorakhnāth.²