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THE ANATOMY OF THE TANTRAS
or ganglia which the modern physiologists have proved to be "separate and independent Dervous centres." [See Gray's Anatomy, 10th edition.1
This Nadi Sushumna has six Padmas (Shiva Sanhita, Ch. 11, v, 27, p. 12 evidently signifying the six Dervous plexuses formed by the spinal cord.
We proceed next to the identification of the famous six Chakras of the Tantras:
1. Muladhar Chakra, (Shiva Sanhita, p. 44] is the sacral plexus.
II. Svadhisthana Chakra, p. 46. There can hardly be two opinions as to its being the prostatic plexus of the modern anatomists.
• III. Manipur Chakra, p. 47 appears to be the epigastric plexus.
IV. Anahata Chakra, p, 47 is the cardiac plexus.
V. Vishudda Chakra, p. 48 is either the laryngeal or the pharyngeal plexus.
VI. Ajna Chakra, p. 49 is the cavernous plexus.
We have very briefly hastened over the six Tantric Chakras. We see that these Chakras are the vital and important sympathetic plexuses and preside over all the functions of organic life.
There can be little doubt that by the conteinplation on these Chakras one obtains psychic powers.
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