YANTRA
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eight
Mahagori |
one
Selputri |
six
Katyayani |
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three
Chandradhanta |
five
Skandamata |
seven
Kalaratri |
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four
Kushmanta |
nine
Siddhatri |
two
Brahmcharani |
Nav Durga Yantra - the yantra of the nine Durgas
The Yantra is the graphic, mathematics and magic representation of the divine one. It is an ancient tradition that get lost in the night of the times; we can find graphic representations of God in the prehistoric mural paintings, games of numbers and magic squares in a lot of ancient cultures. But it is in the tantric tradition that the Yantras assume a bigger spectrum of uses.
Many Yantras are contained in a square (bhupur) with four gates. The square represents the material world while the gates are the points of access into the Yantra.
Apart from invoking the divine, the Yantra is used by the Aghoris as
object of meditation. It is painted in the walls of the temples or next to the
dhuni (sacred fire). It is engraved on small
copper plates and usually positioned in
the mandir (temple). Or It is written within small squares of paper
inside a silver or copper container as amulets (kavacha); for every application
there is a specify Yantra.
The study of the Yantras is an important footstep in the particular
sadhana (spiritual path) of the Aghoris.
MEANING OF THE NUMBERS
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1. absolute, action |
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2. duality, ying yang (+ / -), masculine and female |
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3. 2+1 perfection |
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4. earth |
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5. man |
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6. material excess |
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7. the man dominates the subject |
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8. endless |
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9. spirituality |
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0. the circle, God |
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9 evolution
of matter, involution of spirit
9 1
evolution of spirit, involution of matter
MEANING OF THE SYMBOLS
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Bindu - representing the supreme consciousness |
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Nada Bindu formed by a static bindu and a dynamic sound (nada) |
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Space |  |
Center |
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Earth |  |
Static, Earth |
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Masculine, Fire |  |
Espression |
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Female, Water |  |
Creation, Clockwise movement |
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Equilibrium |  |
Dissolution, Counterclockwise movement |
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Preservation, balance between static and dinamic |  |
Swastika - symbol of Aum and Ganesh |
Here are some examples of Yantra:
MASCULINE YANTRA 
FEMALE YANTRA
GURU YANTRA 
the union among the masculine and female yantras.
SHRI YANTRA
HANUMAN YANTRA: molto usato dagli Aghori per qualsiasi problema di salute e come protezione dalle forze negative.
| RAM | RAM | |
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\ EM HRIM HANUMATE RAMDUTAYE NAMAH |
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| RAM | RAM |
NAVGRAHA YANTRA - the yantra of the nine planets
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10 |
5 |
12 |
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7 |
2 |
9 |
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8 |
3 |
10 |
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11 |
9 |
7 |
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8 |
6 |
4 |
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9 |
7 |
5 |
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6 |
13 |
8 |
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3 |
10 |
5 |
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4 |
11 |
6 |
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JUPITER
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MOON |
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MARS |
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9 |
4 |
11 |
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6 |
1 |
8 |
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11 |
6 |
13 |
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10 |
8 |
6 |
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7 |
5 |
3 |
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12 |
10 |
8 |
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5 |
12 |
7 |
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2 |
9 |
4 |
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7 |
14 |
9 |
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MERCURY
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SUN |
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VENUS |
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12 |
7 |
14 |
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13 |
8 |
15 |
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14 |
9 |
16 |
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13 |
11 |
9 |
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14 |
12 |
10 |
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15 |
13 |
11 |
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8 |
15 |
10 |
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9 |
13 |
11 |
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10 |
17 |
12 |
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SATURN |
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RAHU |
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KETU |
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Rahu and Ketu are the lunar knots.
MAHA LAXMI YANTRA o SARVATADRAM YANTRA
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| 14 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 8 |
| 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 25 |
| 18 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 4 |
OM HRIM SHRIM KAMALALAYE PRASID SHRIM HRIM OM MAHALAXMYE NAMAH
MAHA LAXMI YANTRA
KALI YANTRA
GANESH YANTRA
TARA YANTRA
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Swastika
In the West the swastika association with Nazism has largely overshadowed its religious and cultural significance. The word swastika comes from Sanskrit and signifies well being and good luck and it is still used extensively throughout the east as decoration on homes, temples and at festivals. Further more ancient Greeks, Hittites, Celts and even Native Americans also used the symbol. The swastika was subverted and adopted by Adolf Hitler in the 1920s as a symbol for his Nazi party, a meaning which has taken on significance in the west. It's time to clear up the misconception and re-claim the swastika.
