Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati

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

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Sahasrāra, Nirvana and Manolaya in the above table have more or less the same significance, as it is here that the Yogi attains liberation and his mind is absorbed in the Parampada.
Another point of interest is that the Kundalini in the Nābhicakra is stated to have five coils instead of the usual eight.
The sixteen ūdhāras (supports) on which the mind is to be fixed for attainment of different results are described. The three lakşyas or points of concentration and the five vyomans
firmaments) load one to various stages of purity and jürfection. The āsanas (postures) and the cight Yogăngas (different stages of Yoga) all help the Yogi in attaining Samadhi i.e. fixation of the mind on the Supreme Spirit). In this Chapter there is a detinition of the real Yogi, (2. 61).
नवचक्रं कलाधारं त्रिलक्ष्यं व्योमपञ्चकम् ।
सम्यगेतन जानाति स योगी नामधारकः ॥ ३१॥ .e., One must be familiar with the nine cakras, sixteen ādhāras, three lakşyas and five vyomans properly in order to be a Yogi in the true sense.
Summary of lipadeśa III.
This chapter deals with the knowledge of the body and shows the identity of the microcosm with the macrocosm i.e., whatever exists in the outside world is present also in the human body. Thus the seven nether worlds are located in the portion of the body below the bottom of the spinal column, and the twenty-one in the upper region of the body. The place of Siva is in the Tāludvāra (uvula) (3.5). The Lambikâmüla, Sringāra, Triküța are all described in this chapter. In (2.27) we find
Gollāta' (Hardwar copy) or Kolläta' in (Jodhpur copy) mentioned. The nine khandas (Bharat, Kashmir etc.) are in the nine avenues. The hills, rivers, planets, devas, siddhas, the sun and the moon (these are the two eyes), clouds (these are the tears), creepers, plants &c. have their counterparts in the human body. What is our happiness is Heaven, our sorrow is Hell, our Karma is what binds us to this world, but for which we may attain Mukti i.e. liberation. When one's mind does not