Manipura

Manipura

(Sanskrit: मणिपूर, IAST: Maṇipūra, English: "jewel city") also called the nabhi chakra or the solar plexus/navel chakra, is located in the naval region along the subtle body's spinal column.^[3] For the Nath yogi meditation system, this is described as the Madhyama-Shakti or the intermediate stage of self discovery.^[62]

It is symbolised as a ten-petaled lotus.^[3] The Chakra is represented as a downward pointing triangle with ten petals, along with the colour yellow. The seed syllable is Ram, and the presiding deity is Braddha Rudra, with Lakini as the Shakti.^{[citation needed]}