- Ajna
Ajna (Sanskrit: आज्ञा, "Ājña", IPA2|a:ʤɲʌ, meaning 'command') is the sixth primary
chakra according toHindu tradition.Description
The Ajna chakra is positioned at the
eyebrow region and it has twopetal s, said to represent the psychic channels Ida and Pingala, which meet here with the central Shushumna channel before rising to the crown chakra,Sahasrara . On the left hand petal is the letter 'ham', and on the right the letter 'ksham', the bija mantras forShiva andShakti respectively.Ajna is considered the chakra of the mind. When something is seen in the
mind's eye , or in a dream, it is being 'seen' by Ajna.Residing in the chakra is the
deity Ardhanarishvara a hermaphrodite form ofShiva -Shakti , symbolising the primordial duality of subject and object, and the deityHakini Shakti is also present in this chakra.Fact|date=March 2008In
kundalini yoga , different practices are said to stimulate the Ajna chakra, includingTrataka (steady gazing),Shambhavi Mudra (gazing at the space between the eyebrows), and some forms ofPranayama (breath exercises).Ajna is said to contain
Mantrika shakti .Alternative names
* In
Tantra : Ajita-Patra, Ajna, Ajna-Pura, Ajna-Puri, Ajnamhuja, Ajnapankaja, Bhru-Madhya, Bhru-Madhya-Chakra, Bhru-Madhyaga-Padma, Bhru-Mandala, Bhru-Mula, Bhru-Saroruha, Dwidala, Dwidala-Kamala, Dwidalambuja, Dwipatra, Jnana-Padma, Netra-Padma, Netra-Patra, Shiva-Padma, Triweni-Kamala
* In theVedas ,Upanishad s: Ajna, Baindawa-Sthana, Bhru Chakra, Bhruyugamadhyabila, Dwidala
* In thePuranas : Ajna, Dwidala, Trirasna
* In science this place seats the physical location of Pituitary Gland, which is considered as a Master Gland of all endocrine glands. Whose secretion in perfect harmony balances all the other endocrine glands associated with the other Chakras.ee also
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Indigo children
*Pineal gland External links
* [http://www.jyotirlinga.com Ajna Chakra on jyotirlinga.com]
* [http://www.sahajayoga.ca/Meditation/agnyachakra.htm Agnya Chakra position within the Subtle System]
* [http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/Ajna.htm Description of Ajna Chakra from Kheper.net]
* [http://www.llewellynencyclopedia.com/article/257 Ajna - The Vision Center by Anodea Judith]
* [http://www.umm.edu/endocrin/pitgland.htm Pituitary Gland - 'Master' Gland of endocrine glands]
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