author: C.H.Dabrowski source: @IVarsovienne via Google Earth |
In the Shri Vidya school of Hindu tantra, the Sri Yantra (Sanskrit "sacred instrument") is a diagram formed by nine interlocking triangles that surround and radiate out from the central point.
source: www.sriyantraresearch.com
It represents the goddess in her form of Shri Lalita or Tripura Sundari, "the beauty of the three worlds (Heaven, Earth, Hell)". The worship of the Sri Chakra is central to the Shri Vidya system of Hindu worship and is probably the most famous visual image in all of Hindu Tantric tradition. Its literature and practice is perhaps more systematic than that of any other Shakta sect (4). Four isosceles triangles with the apices upwards, representing Shiva (masculine energy) and five isosceles triangles with the apices downward, symbolizing Shakti (feminine energy) are balanced. Its design composed of nine triangles is also known as the Navayoni Chakra. (5)
source:www.sriyantraresearch.com
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Notes:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shri_Yantra Accessed 31 May 2021.
2) Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Yantra". Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Nov. 2003, https://www.britannica.com/topic/yantra. Accessed 6 June 2021.
3) https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shri-yantra Accessed 31 May 2021.
4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shri_Yantra Accessed 31 May 2021.
5) https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shri-yantra Accessed 31 May 2021. 6) https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shrividya Accessed 31 May 2021.
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