Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati

Author(s): Kalyani Mallik
Publisher: Poona Oriental Book House Poona

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The Ākāśa-cakra is called Brahmacakra in the Banaras copy. It is where Sunya is meditated upon while uttering the Harsa mantra. There is some difference regarding the number of petals in the lotuses of the cakras. The scheme of the SiddhaSiddhanta-Paddhati is not exactly the same as the usual one in practice. So I think a comparative table will not be out of place.
THE NERVE PLEXUSES The usual names: Names found in Names found in S.S. in Yogic texts. | S. S. Paddhati Sangraha (Banaras
copy.) 1. Mūlādhāra Brahmacakra
Brahmacakra (triangular) (Kamarupa Pitha!
(Kāmarupa Pitha) 2. Svadhisthāna Svādhişthāna Svādhişthāna
(six petalled) (four petalled)
(Uçldiyāna Pitha) (Uddiyāna Pitha) 3. Manipūra
Nābhicakra Nābhicakra (Kundalini with 5
coils)
4. Anahata
Hrdayacakra
5. Visuddha
HỊdayādhāra (eight petalled) Kanthacakra
Tālukacra Bhrūcakra
6. Ājña 7. Sahasrāra
Kanthacakra
Tālucakra Ghanţikā Manolaya Brahmacakra.
Nirvānacakra (Jalandhara Pitha).
Akāśacakra
(16 petalled) ! (Pūrnagiri Pitha):
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Notes : It is interesting to note that in the Sangraha the first and the last cakras are both called Brahmacakra. Under the first Brahmacakra which is a three-folded triangular region, there is a kāņda (nerve-root) where Sakti is located. The Kāmarūpa Pitha is located here. The other pithas are shown in the table above. The usual äjñā or Bhrūcakra is not mentioned in this copy ; instead we find 'Ghanţikā.'