Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori

THE HUMAN BODY 55
Tattva mind 1 is here. Hakārārdha, or half the letter Ha,
is also there. On its petals are the red varṇ as “haṃ”
and “kṣaṃ.” In the pericarp is concealed the bīja “oṃ.”
In the two petals and the pericarp there are the three
guṇ as—sattva, rajas and tamas. Within the triangular
maṇ ḍ ala in the pericarp there is the lustrous (tejōmaya)
linga in the form of the praṇ ava (praṇ avākṛ ti),
which is called Itara. Para-Śiva in the form of haṃ sa
(haṃ sa-rūpa) is also there with his Śakti—Siddha-Kāli.
In the three corners of the triangle are Brahma, Viṣṇ u,
and Maheśvara, respectively. In this cakra there is the
white Hākini-Śakti, with six heads and four hands, in
which are jñāna-mudra, 2 a skull, a drum (damaru), and
a rosary.
SAHASRĀRA PADMA
Above the ājñā-cakra there is another secret cakra
called manas-cakra. It is a lotus of six petals, on which
are śabda-jñāna, sparśa-jñāna, rūpa-jñāna, āghraṇ opalabhi,
rasopabhoga, and svapna, or the faculties of
hearing, touch, sight, smell, taste, and sleep, or the
absence of these. Above this, again, there is another
secret cakra, called Soma-cakra. It is a lotus of sixteen
petals, which are also called sixteen Kalas. 3 These
Kalas are called kṛ pā (mercy), myduta, (gentleness),
dhairya (patience, composure), vairāgya (dispassion),
dhṛ ti (constancy), sampat (prosperity), 4 hasya (cheerfulness),
romānca (rapture, thrill), vinaya (sense of
1 [Specifically (as far as I can tell from The Serpent Power), buddhi (as
opposed to manas or the various other subtle tattvas which may be
summarized in the English “mind.”]
2 The gesture in which the first finger is uplifted and the others closed.
3 Kalā—a part, also a digit of the moon.
4 That is, spiritual prosperity.