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YANTRA

 

 

eight

Mahagori

one

Selputri

six

Katyayani

three

Chandradhanta

five

Skandamata

seven

Kalaratri

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

 


1  9    evolution of matter, involution of spirit


9  1     evolution of spirit, involution of matter

MEANING OF THE SYMBOLS

 

Bindu - representing the supreme consciousness Nada Bindu formed by a static bindu and a dynamic sound (nada)
Space Center
Earth Static, Earth
Masculine, Fire Espression
Female, Water Creation, Clockwise movement
Equilibrium Dissolution, Counterclockwise movement
Preservation, balance between static and dinamic Swastika - symbol of Aum and Ganesh

Here are some examples of Yantra:

 


 MASCULINE YANTRA      FEMALE YANTRA

 


GURU YANTRA Y 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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HRIM HANUMATE RAMDUTAYE NAMAH

 
RAM   RAM


NAVGRAHA YANTRA - the yantra of the nine planets

 

10

5

12

 

7

2

9

 

8

3

10

11

9

7

 

8

6

4

 

9

7

5

6

13

8

 

3

10

5

 

4

11

6

JUPITER

 

 

MOON

 

MARS

9

4

11

 

6

1

8

 

11

6

13

10

8

6

 

7

5

3

 

12

10

8

5

12

7

 

2

9

4

 

7

14

9

MERCURY

 

 

SUN

 

VENUS

12

7

14

 

13

8

15

 

14

9

16

13

11

9

 

14

12

10

 

15

13

11

8

15

10

 

9

13

11

 

10

17

12

SATURN

 

RAHU

 

KETU

 

Rahu and Ketu are the lunar knots.

MAHA LAXMI YANTRA o SARVATADRAM YANTRA

22 3 9 15 16
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

ShivaShakti Yantra

Mahashri Yantra

Kali Yantra

Hanuman Yantra

Swastik Yantra

Yantra in copper

 

Durga Yantra

Guru Yantra

Navgraha Yantra

Hanuman Yantra

Lakshmi Ganesh Yantra

Shiva Yantra

 

 

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.