Piko pupu o Hina-kui-a-Lono — navel center

Middle piko · umbilical life connection

Piko pupu o Hina-kui-a-Lono is rendered at the umbilical center, the middle member of the piko triad. It marks the life connection of the person to gestation, birth, and lineage, while also serving as the central station through which the descending mana field is shown.

Piko poʻo / laumeki — crown fontanelle gatePiko pupu o Hina-kui-a-Lono — navel centerPiko pupu o Hina-kui-a-Lono — navel centerGenital piko — generative gateMana at the head — highest tapu concentrationMana through the upper torso — descending fieldMana at the navel — life-centre fieldMana through the lower pelvis — generative fieldFeet — most profane mana boundary

Point 2 of 8 in Hawaiian Piko and Mana — Three Gates and the Sacred Gradient

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities (secondary_translation)

Hawaiian body and life terminology in translation supports the umbilical piko as a central connection point.

Mary Kawena Pukui and E.W. Haertig, Nana I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source), Vol. I (primary)

Modern Hawaiian practice transmission used for piko, family connection, and the navel's life significance.

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