Yantra: The Tantric Symbol of Cosmic Unity

By Madhu Khanna

The yantra is the Tantric instrument of formality and meditation, the ability diagram that enables guy to make the religious trip of go back to the primordial middle, and eventually to understand the team spirit of self and cosmos. This pioneering research illuminates the correspondence among geometrical types and ideas, and explores each element of the yantra: its linked mantras, rituals, and meditation thoughts; its software to temple structure and sculpture; its conventional use in magic and as a talisman.

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