Difference between revisions of "Anāhata-cakra"
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# in Tantrik [[yoga]], the name of the fourth psychoenergetic centre of the body, from below, which is situated at the heart, and whose name derives from the nature/ quality of this centre as the level at/ from which the transcendental [[sound]] ([[anāhata-nāda]]) can be heard, which is associated with the air element, the sense of touch, the penis, the [[mantra]] yam, and the quality of swiftness. | # in Tantrik [[yoga]], the name of the fourth psychoenergetic centre of the body, from below, which is situated at the heart, and whose name derives from the nature/ quality of this centre as the level at/ from which the transcendental [[sound]] ([[anāhata-nāda]]) can be heard, which is associated with the air element, the sense of touch, the penis, the [[mantra]] yam, and the quality of swiftness. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:10, 27 March 2011
By Jit Majumdar
Sometimes transliterated as: Anahata-cakra, AnAhata-cakra, Anaahata-cakra
- the centre of non-deformity or purity
- in Tantrik yoga, the name of the fourth psychoenergetic centre of the body, from below, which is situated at the heart, and whose name derives from the nature/ quality of this centre as the level at/ from which the transcendental sound (anāhata-nāda) can be heard, which is associated with the air element, the sense of touch, the penis, the mantra yam, and the quality of swiftness.