sahasrara
सहस्रार sahasrāraThe thousand-petalled lotus at the crown, where the ascending kundalini meets Shiva. The goal of the ascent in this system.
Where this term appears
- The Subtle Body: Nadis, Chakras, and Kundalini Yoga
And over all of them, at the crown, sahasrara , the thousand-petalled lotus.
- Sahasrara: The Thousand Petals Treatise
What is certain is that the crown is the destination, whether one numbers it among the centres or sets it apart as their crown. Its name is Sahasrara .
- The Lotus in Hindu Symbolism Deities
The maps of the subtle body string a series of them along the spine, from the four-petalled centre at the base to the thousand-petalled lotus, the sahasrara , at the crown, the flower of full awakening.
- What the West gets wrong about chakras Journal
From the base up: muladhara with four petals, svadhishthana with six, manipura with ten, anahata with twelve, vishuddha with sixteen, ajna with two, and crowning everything the thousand-petalled sahasrara .
- Kameshvara - And The Four Acharas Treatise
… is the same Goddess who, in the practitioner’s own body, sits at the sahasrara on the still ground of awareness when the kundalini has completed its ascent.
- Nyasa As Architecture Treatise
The eight-triangle inner ring maps to the ajna (the third eye). The central triangle maps to the sahasrara (the crown).
- The Chariot Treatise
The eight-triangle ring to the ajna (the third eye). The central triangle to the sahasrara (the crown).
- The Dispute Frame Treatise
…ice — the meditative ascent through the chakras to the goddess in the sahasrara — is the deeper meaning of the external worship, accessed when the practitioner has developed sufficiently to read the external ap…