Some factoids about Arjuna and Manipura:
- Manipura is situatued at the navel, and associated with digestion both of food and with assimilation of ideas.
- Manipurna is associated with the fire element, the visua sense, and the anus.
- "Ram" is the bija mantra of the Manipura chakra.
- This chakra, in balance, promotes austerity, tapas, self discipline, personal growth, and forbearance, or Titikisha.
- In the Mahabarata, Arjuna, the emobodiment of Manipura, hid out as a palace eunich among all the court ladies. His austere nature never wavered.
- This chackra, out of balance, symbolizes the kleshas is the propogator of fear, anxiety, negative actions rooted in ignorance, greed, and misplaced loyalty.
- Karna, the Kaurava brother, is the character who symbolizes the negative counterpart of Arjuna and the embodiment of imbalanced Manipura.
- Manipura chakra has 10 petals
- dam - shame
- dham - slander or fickleness
- nam - jealousy
- tam - desire
- tham - laziness, drowsiness
- dam - dullness, worldliness
- dham - sadness, despondency
- nam - ignorance, delusion
- pam - aversion, disgust
- pham - fear
