Maṇipūra ādhāra

Navel / digestive-fire centre

Maṇipūra is represented at the navel as the transformative centre associated in yoga descriptions with heat and digestion. The navel anchor is useful for visual orientation, but the Siddha medical notion of pitham is a distributed functional principle and is not reduced to this point.

Mūlādhāra ādhāraSvādhiṣṭhāna ādhāraMaṇipūra ādhāraMaṇipūra ādhāraAnāhata ādhāraViśuddhi ādhāraĀjñā ādhāra

Point 3 of 6 in Siddha Medicine — Mukkutram and Ādhāra Map

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Sources

Tirumantiram (Thirumandiram), by Tirumūlar (primary_canonical)

Tantra 3, yoga sections on the navel ādhāra, breath, and inner heat; supports the contemplative navel locus.

Central Council for Research in Siddha, Standard Siddha Medical Terminology (secondary)

Modern Siddha reference for pitham and digestive/transformative terminology; it does not establish a single anatomical point.

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