Some Info on Shri Yantra

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This is excerpted from: http://www.mysticindia.com/yantra/shri.htm

 

Shri Yantra is very eye-catching and powerful. It is constructed

with an intersection of nine triangles. Four of these triangles are

pointing upward and five downward. The four upward-pointing triangles

are Shiva triangles, and the five downward-pointing triangles are

Shakti triangles. A combination of these nine triangles makes Shri

Yantra the most dynamic of all yantras. 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, which makes the yantra

dynamic and powerful.

 

Shri Yantra is the only asymmetrical diagram, and the beauty of it is

that when you look at it, it appears symmetrical. For the purpose of

worship, a Shri 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 Shri Yantra looks like a

pyramid, and there are many such yantras available from ancient times.

 

Shri Yantra is very complicated when seen as a line drawing, but

when it is colored, all the chakras become clear and it is a feast

for the eyes. Shri Yantra is also known as the yantra of cosmos. In

the Bhairavayamal Tantra it is clearly said that the Shri Yantra is

of the shape of the cosmos. In Kamkalavilas, it is said that Shri

Yantra is constructed on the same principles on which the human

organism is constructed. Just as the body has nine chakras (psychic

centers), so a Shri Yantra has nine chakras (groups), as follows:

 

Bindu.

 

Trikon - The central triangle, which contains the bindu.

 

Ashtar - A group of eight triangles outside the trikon.

 

Antar Dashar - A group of ten inner triangles.

 

Bahir Dashar - A group of ten outer triangles.

 

Chatur Dashar - A group of fourteen triangles.

 

Ashta Dal - A ring of eight lotus petals.

 

Shodash Dal - A ring of sixteen lotus petals.

 

Bhupur - The square form with four gates.

 

The yantra is worshiped to achieve all sorts of desired objects.

The five downward-pointing triangles are the seat of five Shaktis:

 

Parma.

 

Raudri.

 

Jayeshtha.

 

Ambika

 

Parashakti.

 

The four upward-pointing triangles are symbolic of the male

principle, Shiva, and of

 

Ichcha.

 

Kriya.

 

Gyan.

 

Shanti.

 

The triangles symbolize the Yonis. The bindu, the eight-petaled

lotus, the sixteen-petaled lotus, and the bhupur are symbolic of

Shiva. Thus the yantra is a combination of Shiva and Shakti elements,

which together are the cosmos. The two rings of lotus petals are

believed to he the Som Mandala, a mandala of the moon. Meditation on

each of the nine chakras should be done, and the sounds of the

Sanskrit language should be made in proper order. Then the worship of

this yantra brings all kinds of powers and achievements. But all this

should be done under the proper guidance of a teacher, a Guru who is

initiated in Shri Vidya, and it is important to remember that

meditation on Shri Yantra should not be done at night since the eyes

require daylight to work with the complicated pattern.

 

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