KIRAN ATMA: Shrichakra

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Hinduism - What Is A Yantra? What Does Yantra Mean?

Yantra is a Sanskrit word that means "circle of life" or (“instrument”).

The term yantra most usually refers to a symbolic design, generally thought to impart magic or spiritual power on those who know how to employ it in astrology (jyotisha) and tantra, a secret, ritually based religious practice.

In other circumstances, such yantras are seen to represent an aniconic form of a deity, like in the example of the Shriyantra or Shrichakra, which is employed in rituals to worship the goddess Tripura Sundari.

In an astrological context, the yantras of the different planets are utilized in rituals to modify their effects, mainly to control or lessen the power of planets thought to be malefic or inauspicious.

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Hinduism - What Is A Shrichakra?

The Shrichakra, a symbolic diagram (yantra) utilized in worship by the Shrividya school, a branch of the secret, ritually based religious practice known as tantra, is known as the Shriyantra.

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Hinduism - What Is The Shrichakra?

The Shrividya school, a part of the hidden, ritually oriented religious practice known as tantra, uses a symbolic diagram (yantra) in their work.

The Shrichakra is made up of nine interlocking triangles, four of which point upwards and five of which point downwards.

A double sequence of lotus petals surrounds the figure, followed by an encircling circle, and lastly angular outside walls.

A solitary point called as the bindu is located in the dia gram's center, reflecting the ultimate deity that is the source of all things.

The shrichakra is said to be a subtle form of the goddess Lalita Tripurasundari, who is associated with a variety of indigenous deities in southern India.

Because she appears as a worship item in the Shrichakra diagram but has no temple or picture, Lalita Tripurasundari is considered a "textual" goddess.

The Shrichakra is utilized as a ritual assistance during samharakrama, a ceremony in which the adept symbolically eliminates the exterior world and conceptions of a distinct Self in order to become fully united with this goddess, who is regarded the source of all existence.

Douglas Renfrew Brooks, The Secret of the Three Cities, 1990, has a lot of information about the Shrichakra.