yantra

yantra

Sanskrit“instrument”

      in Tantric Hinduism and Vajrayana (Vajrayāna), or Tantric Buddhism, a linear diagram used as a support for ritual. In its more elaborate and pictorial form it is called a mandala. Yantras range from those traced on the ground or on paper and disposed of after the rite, to those etched in stone and metal, such as are found in temples.

      One characteristic yantra employed in the ritual worship of the goddess Shakti is the shriyantra (also called shrichakra, “wheel of Shri”). It is composed of nine triangles: five pointing downward, said to represent the yoni, or vulva, and four pointing upward, said to represent the lingam, or phallus. The dynamic interplay is understood to be an expression of all the cosmic manifestations, beginning and ending with union at the centre, visualized as a dot (bindu).

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