Sahasrara chakra
Guru chakra
Nirvana chakra
Indu chakra
Manas chakra
Ajna chakra
Lalana chakra
Vishuddha chakra
Anahata chakra
Hrit chakra
Manipura chakra
Swathisthana chakra
Muladhara chakra
Sahasrara chakra
Guru chakra
Nirvana chakra
Indu chakra
Manas chakra
Ajna chakra
Lalana chakra
Vishuddha chakra
Anahata chakra
Hrit chakra
Manipura chakra
Swathisthana chakra
Muladhara chakra
In Shakta Tantra, the Vishuddha chakra has sixteen smoke-coloured petals, each linked with one of the Sanskrit vowels. The central chakra-region is either white, transparent, smoke, or sky-blue in colour, and is associated with the element Space (Akasha), through which are transmitted the subtle vibrations of mantras [Laya Yoga].
| Terminology | Tantric | vishuddha, vishuddhi, kantha, kanthadesha, kanthapadma, kanthapankaja,
kanthambuja, kanthambhoja, shodasha, shodasha-dala, shodashara, nirmala-padma, dwyashtapatrambuja, akasha, shodashollasa-dala, shodasha-patra |
| Vedic (late Upanishads) | vishuddha, vishuddhi, kantha chakra | |
| Puranic | vishuddha, vishuddhi | |
| Position | externally, neck-region | |
| Petals | number | sixteen, arranged from right to left |
| colour | smoke colour, shining smoke colour | |
| Matrika-letters | on petals | sixteen in number; Ang Ang Ing Ing UngUng Ring Ring Lring Lring Eng Aing Ong Oung Ang Ah, arranged from right to left |
| colour | deep red, red, golden | |
| Vrittis | on petals | sixteen in number, arranged from right to left |
| name | 1 Pranava (mantra Ong [Aum]); 2 Udgitha (the Sama-mantras); 3 Hung (a mantra); 4 Phat (a mantra); 5 Washat (a mantra); 6 Swadha (a mantra); 7 Swaha (a mantra); 8 Namak (a mantra); 9 Amfita (nectar and seven (musical) tones, viz. 1 nishada; 2 riskabha; 3 gandhara; 4 shadja; 5 madhyama; 6 dhaiwata; 7 pañchama | |
| In the pericarp | circular akasha-region
a triangle inside the akasha-region circular lunar region inside the triangle |
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| colour | akasha-region; white, transparent or smoke
triangle; sky-blue or smoke lunar-region; white |
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| Akasha-bija | Hang
inside lunar region |
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| colour of Akasha-bija | white | |
| Form of Akasha-bija | deity Ambara (Akasha) | |
| Concentration form of Ambara | Ambara is white in colour; four-armed, holding a noose and a goad, and making the gestures of granting hoons and dispelling fear; seated on a white elephant | |
| In the bindu of Hang | deity Sadashiva | |
| Concentration form of Sadashiva | Sadashiva as Ardhanarishwara: The right half of the body (the Shiva aspect) is white, and the left half (the Shakti aspect) is golden; five-faced, three-eyed; ten-armed, holding a trident, a chisel (or an axe), a sword, the wajra, fire, the great snake, a bell, a goad and a noose, and making the gestures of dispelling fear; clad in tiger's skin | |
| Presiding divinity | power Shakini | |
| Concentration of Shakini | Shakini is shining white, or yellow in colour; five-faced, three-eyed, four-armed, holding a bow and arrow, noose and goad; or a noose, a goad and a book and making the attitude of jñanamudra; or a bow, a trident and a book and showing jñanamudra; or a noose, a trident, and a and showing jñanamudra; or two-armed, holding the Vajra and a staff; clad in yellow raiment or black raimeot; seated in a red lotus | |
Layayoga - an Advanced Method
of Concentration by Shyam Sundar Goswami, p.279-80. colour
plate above from same book
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List of major and minor Chakras
Both Ann Ree Colton [Kundalini West, p.298] and Oscar Marcel Heinze [Tantra Vidya ] associated this centre astrologically with the planet Mars, and this is in keeping with the astrological series followed here. Mars represents dynamic energy, and rules the sign of Aries, initiating new beginnings. In the Qabalistic scheme too, in both the linear and the holistic/tree diagrams this centre is associated with the principle or Sphere of Mars.
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The Visuddha Cakra according to the Satcakra-Narupana of Purnananda Swami (Translated by Arthur Avalon in The Serpent Power)
Vishuddha Chakra - Alfred Ballabene (in German)
Unit X. Integration and the Search for Wholeness - A meditation on the Vishuddha Chakra
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