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Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchThe Six Chakras can be denoted by the Sanskrit term Ṣaḍādhāra, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] By astonishing, [magical] feats such as [creating] enmity [among friends], driving off and killing [adversaries] and by [tantric] mantras [of all kinds], [deluded] multiplicity multiplies. By all [yogic] practices, the various Bandhas and Mudrās, nothing but union with ignorance [is achieved]. Meditation on points in the body, the channels [of vitality] and the six Cakras (ṣaḍādhāra) is an error of mind. Therefore, having abandoned all that, [because it has been] constructed by the mind, resort to the no-mind [state]. [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
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Yogashikha Upanishad (critical study) (by Sujatarani Giri)
Part 2.1 - The Six Chakras (ṣaḍcakras) in Yogaśikha-upaniṣad < [Chapter 5 - Nature of Yoga practice in Upaniṣad]
Part 2.1g - Sahasrāra cakra (crown or casional centre) < [Chapter 5 - Nature of Yoga practice in Upaniṣad]
Part 6.7 - Schools of Yoga (7) Layayoga < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) (by Arthur Avalon)
Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)
17. The esoteric significance of Five Faces of Lord Śiva < [Chapter 5 - Essence of Pañcabrahma Upaniṣad]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 96 [Praṇava produced by Cakrapañcaka in Kuṇḍalinī] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 140 [Ṣaṭcakra Mānasa Sthiti] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 183 [Cidānandamayī Śakti enfolds the projection in one’s Self] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]
Garuda Purana (abridged) (by Ernest Wood)
The concept of Yoga according to Yoga Upanisads (by Jeong Soo Lee)
1.5. The concept of Cakra (according to Yoga) < [Chapter 7 - Hatha, Laya, and Mantra Yoga in the Yogopanisads]
8. Introduction to Hatha-Yoga < [Chapter 1 - The Origin of Yoga and its Evolution]