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
Manipura chakra
Swathisthana chakra
Muladhara chakra
Described only in the Shakta tradition of Tantra, the Hrit (Heart) Chakra, which is variously described as white, gold, or red in colour, of eight petals, and is located just below the Anahata. The most distinctive quality of this chakra is the mythical Wish-Fulfilling Tree represented ion the center of the pericarp.
| Terminology | Tantric | hrit padma, hritpundarika, hridayambhoja, eight-petalled padma, eiglnt petalled kamala, sixteen-petalled padma |
| Vedic (late Upanishads) | hridaya chakra, hrit padma, hridaya padma, hridaya kamala, hridaya-amburuha, hridaya padmakosha, hritpundarika, hemapundarika | |
| Puranic | hrit padma, hritpadmakosha, hritpundarika, hritpankaja, hritsaronihi, hridabja, hridambuja, hridambhoja, hridayambhoja, hridaya kamala, hridaya pundarika, hridaya, hrit desha, ashlapatra, adi skodasha chakra | |
| Position | externally, heart region | |
| Petals | number | eight, arranged from right to left |
| colour | golden, white, red | |
| on petals | eight forms of superpowers, arranged from right to left | |
| In the pericarp | circular sun-region,
moon-region (within sun-region); fire-region (within moon-region) |
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| colour | sun-region - vermilion
moon-region - white fire-region - deep red |
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| in the fire-region | red wishing-tree; gummed seat (at the base of the tree) | |
reference
Layayoga
- an Advanced Method of Concentration by Shyam Sundar Goswami,
p.278. colour plate above from same book
Hridaya Chakra - Alfred Ballabene (in German)
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