Yogashikha Upanishad (critical study)
by Sujatarani Giri | 2015 | 72,044 words
This page relates 鈥楳anipura cakra (The naval centre)鈥� of the English study on the Yogashikha Upanishad鈥攁 key text from the Krishna Yajurveda, focusing on the pinnacle of Yogic meditation. This essay presents Yoga as a crucial component of ancient Indian philosophy and spirituality and underscores its historical roots in Vedic literature鈥攑articularly the Upanishads and Vedant. The chapters of this study are devoted to the faculties of the mind and internal body mechanisms such as Chakras as well as the awakening of Kundalini.
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Part 2.1c - 惭补峁噄辫耻谤补 cakra (The naval centre)
惭补峁噄辫耻谤补 is the third psychic centre from the 尘奴濒腻诲丑腻谤补, physically represented by the pancreas and solar plexus. It is located within the su峁mn膩 n膩岣峣, in the 苍腻产丑颈 蝉迟丑腻苍补 (region of naval). This has its corresponding centre in the physical body and has control over the liver, stamatch, etc. This is a very important centre. From this cakra emnanate ten yoga 苍腻岣峣蝉 which appear like the petals of a lotus.[1] The vibrations that are produced by the 苍腻岣峣蝉 are represented by the Sanskrit letters (dam, dham, nam, tam, tham, dam, dham, nam, pam and pham). The cakra is of the colour of dark clouds. Within this there is space triangular in form. It is the Agni ma峁囜笉ala (region of fire鈥�Agni tattva). The 产墨箩腻办峁谤补 谤补峁�, the 产墨箩补 of Agni, is here. The presiding deity is 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 and Goddess is L膩kini. This cakra corresponds to svah or svarga loka and to solar plexus in the physical body.
The 测辞驳墨 concentrates at this cakra gets 辫腻迟腻濒补-siddhi can acquire hidden treasures and will be free from all diseases. He has no fear at all from Agni (fire). Even if he is thrown into the burning fire, he remains alive without fear of death.
This cakra is very closely associated with feeling and emotions of various kinds.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
鈥�苍腻产丑颈de艣e sthitam cakram da艣膩ram ma峁噄p奴rakam鈥�, 驰辞驳补艣颈办丑补-耻辫补苍颈峁诲-I.172.