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Lexically, chakra is the Indic reflex of an ancestral Indo-European form *kʷékʷlos, whence also "wheel" and "cycle" (Ancient Greek: κύκλος, romanized: kýklos). [10] [3] [4] It has both literal [11] and metaphorical uses, as in the "wheel of time" or "wheel of dharma", such as in Rigveda hymn verse 1.164.11, [12] [13] pervasive in the earliest Vedic texts.
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Has 20 chakras on the body. Vishvarupa Circular in shape, has one or five dvaras and many chakras. Bestows children and grandchildren on being worshipped. Pitambara Round like the udder of a cow or a human breast, has a single chakra. Grants happiness on being worshipped. Chakrapani Round in shape and glazed, with a small chakra and many other ...
6 Chakras - 7. 7 Dhatus - 7. 8 Vayu - 10. 9 Kosa - 5. 10 Navadwaram - 9. ... Tatvas are the 96 qualities or properties of human body according to Akilattirattu ...
The number of nadis of the human body is claimed to be up to hundreds-of-thousands and even millions. The Shiva Samhita treatise on yoga states, for example, that out of 350,000 nadis 14 are particularly important, and among them, the three just mentioned are the three most vital. [1] The three principal nadis are ida, pingala, and sushumna. [2]
The subtle body in Indian mysticism, from a yoga manuscript in Braj Bhasa language, 1899. A row of chakras is depicted from the base of the spine up to the crown of the head. A subtle body is a "quasi material" [1] aspect of the human body, being neither solely physical nor solely spiritual, according to various esoteric, occult, and mystical ...
The Bija Mantra is the syllable हं haṃ, and is written in white upon the chakra. In the Bindu, or point above the mantra, resides the deity Sadashiva, who has 5 faces, representing the spectrum of smell, taste, sight, touch, and sound and 10 arms. The right half of his body is a white Shiva, and the left half of the body is a golden Shakti.
Many Hindu saints have had to face sexual temptations associated with this chakra. One who meditates on Svadhishthana is believed to obtain the following siddhis : freedom from enemies, the status of a lord among yogis , eloquence and clarity ("words flowing like nectar in well-reasoned discourse"), loss of fear of water, awareness of astral ...