Chakras Side by Side Comparison Muladhara : Base of the spine Swadhisthana Manipura : Sacral region : Navel region Anahata

a : Heart or dorsal region : Twelve : Air Vishuddha : The base of the throat Ajna : Between the eyebrows : Two Sahasrara : Crown of the head : 1,000

Location No

Number of : Four 1 petals Element : Earth 2 3 Color Presiding Deity 4 Quality of Nature (Guna) : Golden Yellow : Ganesha

: Six : Water

: Ten : Fire

: Sixteen : Sky

: Colourless : Durga

: Red : Surya or Sun

: Smoky : Vishnu

: Smoky white : Shiva

: Tamas (Inertia) : Rajas (Activity)

: Rajas, Activity

: Sattva and Rajas (Calmness and Activity) : Yam : Skin (organ of touch) and Hands (organ of work)

: Sattva (Tranquility)

Seed 6 syllable Sense organs

: Lam

: Vam : Tongue and genitals : Astringent : Control over water element and Fulfilment of material desires.

: Rang : Eyes and feet

: Sham : Ears (Organ of hearing and Mouth (Organ of speaking)

: Beyond all : Beyond elements the elements : Smoky : Colourless White : Jivatma : The (the supreme individual Self soul) (Paramatm a) : Pure : Beyond all Sattva qualities (extreme calmness) : Ham, : OM Ksham

: Nose (organ of smell), anus (organ of 7 excretion) 8 Taste : Sweet Benefits : Physical due to comfort, External concentrati beauty, Money on and Happiness of a lower grade. 9

: Bitter : Knowledge of the internal function of physical body, better health and physical beauty

: Acidic : Pungent : Emotional : Purification of the mind : Control development, and Intense joy. over Material gain and adverse Material knowledge. situations and Immortality

: Wisdom / Liberation

Name of the Fire 10

Muladhara : Dakshinagni (Fire of the South)

Swadhisthana Manipura : Grihapati agni : Vaishwanara (household fire) (digestive fire)

Anahata Vishuddha : Ahavaneya (fire of : Samidbhavana Love) (Ritualistic fire)

Vrittis : Pleasure (Tendencie through material s) possessions, Desire to possess, Charity prompted by ego and vanity; and Greed

: Doubt, Disobedience, Cruelty, Destructive desire, Illusive pleasure and Involvement

: Shyness, Hatred, : Desire, Depressive Fear, Sleepiness, thoughts, Sorrow, Idleness, Endeavour, Beauty, Memory, Possessive attitude, Prosperity and Arrogance, Vitality Mourning, Discrimination, Ego, Greed, Hypocrisy, Argumentativeness and Repentance

: Poison, Nector, Happiness, Sacrifice, Calmness, Vociferation, Dynastical pride, Noble nature, Truthfulness, Forgiveness, Knowledge, Self control, Compassion, Straightforwardness, Vanity and Pride.

Ajna : Brahmagni (Fire of Brahman) : Inner peace and Inner love.

Sahasrara : Visarupa mahanaagni (Cosmic Fire) : Experience in the atom point

11 Loka : Bhuh : Bhuva (Plane of 12 existence) Vital : apana (helps of : Apana (helps breath excretion) for excretion and 13 ejaculation) Glands : Gonads : Gonad 14 Virtue : Shama (Control : Dama (Conrol of the Mind) of Senses) 15 Zodiac 16 Ruling 17 Planet : Aquarius and Leo : Saturn : Suva : Maha : Jana : Tapa : Satya

: Samana (helps in digestion and assimilation) : Liver, Spleen and Pancreas : Uparati (urdhvaratiupward journey / evolution)

: Prana (helps to maintain life) : Thymus

: Udana (helps for evolution)

: Prana (Lifeenergy)

: Thyroid and Parathyroid : Pituitary

: Vyana (omniprese nt vital breath) : Pineal

: Shraddha (faith in : Titiksha (Perseverance) : : All virtues Scriptures and Samadhana manifested teacher) (Balanced nature or equanimity) : Pisces and : Aries and Libra : Taurus and : Gemini and Sagittarius : Cancer : Beyond Virgo Scorpion and the zodiac Capricorn : Jupiter : Mars : Venus : Mercury : Moon and : Beyond Sun the planets Extracted From The Universe Within The Journey Through The Chakras by Paramhansa Prajnanananda