Vishuddha

Vishuddha

Vishuddha (Sanskrit: विशुद्ध, IAST: Viśuddha, English: "especially pure"), or Vishuddhi (Sanskrit: विशुद्धी), or throat chakra is the fifth primary chakra according to the Hindu tradition of tantra.[1] The residing Deity of this chakra is Panchavaktra Shiva, with 5 heads and 4 arms, and the Shakti is Shakini.

  1. ^ Varenne (1989), p. 169.