Guest guest Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 Correction: The sixth cakra is, of course, AjñA, not anAhata. Sorry for the mistake. Luis González-Reimann University of California, Berkeley At 01:31 PM 05/01/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > Brian, > > The logic seems to be, simply, to place the letters in alphabetical order on > the petals of the cakras in a clockwise direction. You start by the fifth > cakra > (vizuddha), and when its petals are full you then proceed downwards to the > fourth cakra and fill its petals. You continue in this way filling out the > petals of the remaining cakras: the third, second, and first (always in > alphabetical order). Once you have filled out the petals of the lowest cakra > (mUlAdhAra) you are at Sa. This means you have one letter left, the Ha. So > then > you take the Ha along with the compound character kSa and place them, from > left > to right, on the two petals of the sixth cakra (anAhata). > > What is noteworthy is that the 'seed syllables" of the cakras alter the > alphabetical order. They start with Om in the sixth cakra, and continue > downwards with Ha and then the semivowels, which are listed as Ya, Ra, Va, > La, > instead of Ya, Ra, La, Va (their alphabetical order). > > All of this, of course, according to the popular description of the cakras in > the SaTcakranirUpaNa (translated by John Woodroffe in his book, The Serpent > Power). > > Regards, > > Luis González-Reimann > University of California, Berkeley > ___________ > > > At 12:25 PM 05/01/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > > > > Does anyone know the logic behind which Sanskrit letters are associated > with > > which chakras? For example, why are all the gutturals and palatals and the > > first two cerebrals associated with the Anahata Chakra? > > > > Brian > > > > > > -------------------- > > YogaVidya.com > > BrianDanaAkers.com > > -------------------- > > > > > > > > > Sponsor<<http://rd./M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/ > S>http://rd./M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S > > > =1705082353:HM/A=1564415/R=0/*<http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=6016478 > 4>http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=60164784 > > &partid=3170658> > > > > > > indology > > > > > > > > Your use of is subject to the > > <<>> > Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sponsor<http://rd./M=249982.3179269.4495679.1261774/D=egroupweb/S > =1705082353:HM/A=1524963/R=0/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autoredir?cam > p=556&lineid=3179269∝=egroupweb&pos=HM> > > > indology > > > > Your use of is subject to the > <> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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