307Cosmic Kundalini :‘The south pole’ of the space-globe which
emanates the cone of star-dust. It is the
jet of force that causes the
externalisation of the latent cosmic
force into the manifest solar energy.
Cuspal period : The period of transition from one Yuga
into another. It forms one-tenth of the
whole Yuga. The subdivisions of Yugas
also have this.
DDaksha : One of the Praja-pati
- s, and father-in-law of
Lord S’iva. He performed a sacrifice (the
Year), and did not invite S’iva. His
daughter came there uninvited and
having been insulted by the father,
burnt up her body in the spiritual fire.
S’iva became furious. He destroyed the
sacrifice and cut the head of Daksha.
The other Gods replaced the head with
that of a ram and completed the
sacrifice. They then appeased S’iva who
then appeared in a peaceful form called
Dakshin.a-mu-rthi.
Dakshin.a-mu-rthi : A form of Lord S’iva. He presides over the
import of the Word of initiation
through silence.
Damaru : The drum of Lord S’iva. All the sounds of
the whole creation come out of it after
every cosmic Pral.aya.
Datta-tre-ya : The great seer who presides over the Yogic
wisdom of this earth. He constitutes the
three principles, Brahma, Vishnu and
S’iva. He has three faces. He is followed
by the four Ve-da-s (the four stages of the
utterance of the Word) in the form of
four dogs. Also see Anasu-ya.