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Sri Yantra is used in the Shodashi mahavidya
known as Sri Vidya. Sri Yantra is also called Sri
Chakra or Lalitha Chakra. The worship of Sri
Yantra, the method of constructing it, and its
complete explanation are given is Saundariya
lahiri.
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Shri yantra is constructed with an intersection
of nine triangles. Four of these triangles are
pointing upward and five downward.
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The four upward-pointing triangles are Shiva
triangles, and the five downward pointing
triangles are Shakti triangles. A combination
of these nine triangles makes Sri Yantra the
most dynamic of all yantras.
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The five downward-pointing triangles, or
shakti triangles, are manifested as five
tanmatras(sound, touch, sight, taste & smell),
five mahabhutas(akash, air, fire, water &
earth), five sense
organs(ear,skin,eyes,tongue, & nose), and five
organs of action(hands,
feet,mouth,genitals,&anus).
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In human body these five elements are skin,
nerves, flesh, fat, and bones. The four upward
pointing triangles, which are Shiva triangles,
represent the male energy and exist as
chitta(being), buddi(intellect), ahamkar(ego),
and manas (mind).
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As the five downward-pointing and four
upward-pointing triangles intersecting and
overlapping one another, producing forty-
three visible triangles, similarly the male and
female forces intersect in the cosmos,
producing various objects of the phenomenol
world.
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As the bindu in the centre represents the
Divine mother, so there is bindu in the
sahasrar Chakra representing the individual
consciousness, which is the self(jiva), soul,
spirit, or atman
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If we construct a similar figure by intersecting
eight triangles- four pointing upward and four
pointing downward it becomes balanced and
static. The imbalance created by the addition
of one more triangle makes the yantra
dynamic and more powerful. Sri yantra is
asymmetrical diagram, and the beauty of it is
that when you look at it, it appears
symmetrical.
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For the purpose of worship, a Sri Yantra is
engraved on copper, silver, and gold plates as
a flat line drawing, or sculpted from stone and
precious gems(quartz, crystals, etc.). This
form of sri yantra looks like a pyramid, and
there are many such yantras available from
ancient times.
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Sri yantra usually represents the body of the
goddess Tripurasundari. Also it is known as
yantra of cosmos. In the Bhairavayamal tantra
it is clearly said that the yantra of
Tripurasundari is of the shape of the cosmos.
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In Kamakalavilas it is said that Sri Yantra is
constructed on the same principles on which
the human organism is constructed. Just as the
body has nine chakras(psychic centres), so a
Sri Yantra has nine chakras(groups), as follows,
1. Bindu
2. Trikon central triangle which contains the
bindu
3. Astar a group of eight triangles outside the
trikon
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4. Antar Dashar a group of ten inner
triangles
5. Bahir Dashar a group of ten outer
triangles
6. Chatur Dashar a group of fourteen
triangles
7. Ashta Dal a ring of eight lotus petals
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The word chakra in Sri Yantra means a group,
not a psychic centres of Kundalini Yoga, but
there is a definite relationship between the
nine figures of Sri Yantra and the nine psychic
centres.
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The Kamakalavilas Agama states that it is
very necessary to understand the true form of
the goddess Tripur Sundari, and the only way
to understand it is to understand Sri Yantra,
which is symbolic form.
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Thus it becomes clear that Sri Yantra is
The cosmic form (the diagram of evolution
and development of the cosmos)
The form of the human organism(the diagram
of inner circuit of the body)
The form of goddess Tripur Sundari(because
the goddess energy, which pervades the
entire phenomenal world)
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