Yanthras
are also called chakras.Among the devotees of shakthi, the Sri-Yantra,or
Sri-chakra is the holiest and the most significant of these.
In
the Hindu devotional practice, there are three kinds of external symbols
used for worship of the Supreme.
(i)idol
worship
(ii)maanasigam
(iii)Manthras,
yanthras,Bijaksharas
The
diagram consists of a series of nine triangles superimposed around a small
central circle known as Bindu, forming forty-three Konas or triangular projections.
In the centre is the Bindu, representing shiva-shakti in union in the casual
state from which all the other parts of the diagram representing the cosmos
are evolved. Enclosing it and superimposed on one another are the four shiva
triangles with apex upwards and five shakti triangle inclusive of the central
one, with apex downwards. These are surrounded by two circles of lotuses,
one with eight petals and the other with sixteen petals.Outside these, are
three circles around and a rectangular enclosure of three lines for the
whole figure, with four entrances on the four sides
BINDU
The
small central circle known as Bindu stands for shiva-shakti in the causal
of creation. Shakti is here represented as Mahatripurasundari, the great
Mother or the Divine Beauty of the three Puras or Bindus. The rest of the
Sri-chakra represents the whole of the Cosmos as evolved from the Bindu,
standing for Tripura-sundari or creative cosmic power.
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