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- ↑ Briggs, G. W. (1973). Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis. page 75, (Chart A) Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers.
- ↑ Mahendranath, Shri Gurudev. From a letter to Kapilnath of 16 August 1985 Archived February 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine in The Open Door: Newsletter of the International Nath Order. Retrieved Feb. 6 , 2007
- ↑ Mahendranath, Shri Gurudev. From the Dark into Light Archived March 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine in The Open Door: Newsletter of the International Nath Order. Retrieved Feb. 6 , 2007
- ↑ Briggs, G. W. (1973). Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis. page 231, Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers.