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CCanopus : A great star called Agastya. Also see
Agastya.
Chakra-s : The functional centres that are located
along the spinal cord. The division
belongs to the functional anatomy of
the Yogic schools. Traditional Yoga
describes seven main chakras. (1)
Mu-la-dha-ra or the base-centre. (2)
Swa-dhishta-na or the spleen-centre. (3)
Man.ipu-raka or the navel-centre (also
called the solar plexus). (4) Ana-hata or
the heart-centre. (5) Vis’uddhi or the
throat-centre. (6) A
- jna--chakra or the
brow-centre. (7) Sahasra-ra or the head-
centre. The first three chakra-s form the
lower triangle. The last three chakra-s
form the higher triangle. The fourth
chakra forms the fulcrum. Of course,
this is a rough division and there are
many details to be supplemented.
Chandra : Moon, the satellite of our earth.
Che-tas : The substratum of the higher mind which
preserves all the records of the past
births.
Churning of
the ocean: Once De-va-s (Gods) and Asura-s (demons)
churned the ocean for the elixir of life.
They used the great mountain
Mandhara as the churning rod, the
great serpent Va-suki as the rope and the
great tortoise as the convex bottom to
enable the mount to rotate. So-ma, the
cosmic principle of Moon and Goddess
Lakshmi emerged out of the ocean along
with some other valuable divine
emanations as a result of the churning.