YANTRA

eight one six

Mahagauri

Shailaputri

Katyayani

three

five

seven

Chandraghanta

Skandamata

Kalaratri

four

nine

two

Kushmanda

Siddhidatri

Brahmacharini

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 theYantras 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 1. absolute, action 2. duality, ying yang (+ / -), masculine and female 3. 2+1 perfection 4. earth 5. man 6. material excess 7. the man dominates the subject 8. endless 9. spirituality 0. the circle, God

evolution of matter, involution of spirit

evolution of spirit, involution of matter

MEANING OF THE SYMBOLS

Nada Bindu formed by a static
bindu and a dynamic sound (nada)

Bindu - representing the

supreme consciousness

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

the union among the masculine and female yantras.

THE TEN DIKPALA (Guardians of the directions)

Na me Kub era

Direc tion

Mantr a Om Sham Kubera ya Namah Om Mam Yamay a Namah Om Lam Indray a

Weapon

Cons ort Kuber ajaya

Guardia n Matrika Kumari

Graha (Planet) Budha (Mercury)

North

Gada (ma ce)

Ya ma

South

Danda (staff) Vajra (thunderb olt)

Yami

Varahi

Mangala ( Mars)

Indr a

East

Shaci

Aindri

Surya (Su n)

Namah Var ua Om Vam Varuna ya Namah Om Ham Ishana ya Namah Om Ram Agnay e Namah Om Yam Vayuv e Namah Om Ksham Raksh asaya Namah Om Klim Vishna ve Namah Om Hrim Brahm ane Namah Pasha (no ose) Shani (Sat urn)

West

Nalani

Varuni

Ish ana

North east

Trishula (t rident)

Parvat i

Maheshv ari

Brihaspati (Jupiter)

Agn i

South east

Shakti (Sp ear)

Svaha

Meshava hini

Shukra (Venus)

Vay u

North west

Ankusha ( goad)

Bharat i

Mrigavahi ni

Chandra ( Moon)

Nirri ti

South west

Khadga (s word)

Khadg i

Khadaga dharini

Rahu (Nor th Lunar Node) Lagna (ascendan t) Ketu (South Lunar Node)

Vish nu

Nadir

Chakra (di scus)

Laksh mi

Vaishnavi

Bra hm a

Zenit h

Padma (lotus)

Sarasv ati

Brahmani

MATRIKA YANTRA The letters of the Devanagari alphabet are associated with Matrikas, various forms of Devi, the Great Mother, in their sound form. This yantra contains all 51letters or matrikas and is used in the rite of purification of mantras (samskara).

In this version is added the conjunct j, forming 52 letters: 16 vowels and 36 consonants.

7 CHAKRA

SHRI YANTRA

Devi Khadgamala Stotram

Nitya The moon has 16 phases (kala). 15 phases are visible while the sixteenth kala is beyond our visibility. The 16 kala are governed by female deities known as Nitya.Nitya are the 15 aspects of Lalita Tripurasundari (Shri Yantra) associated with the 15 lunar days (tithi) of the waxing moon. The 15 Nitya are: Kameshvari, Bhagamalini,Nityaklinna, Bherunda, Vahnivasini, Mahavajreshwari, Shivadooti, Tvarita, Kulasunda ri, Nitya, Nilapataka, Vijaya, Sarvamangala, Jvalamalini and Chitra. LalitaTripurasundari rules the not visible kala and is the

manifestation of Para Shakti. Next come the Yantra associated with the 15 Nitya.

1. Kameshvari

2. Bhagamalini

3. Nityaklinna

4. Bherunda

5. Vahnivasini

6.Mahavajreshv 7. Shivadooti ari

8. Tvarita

9. Kulasundari

10. Nitya

11. Nilapataka

12. Vijaya

13. Sarvamangala

14. Jvalamalini

15. Chitra

HANUMAN YANTRA: widely used by Aghoris for any health problem and as protection from negative forces.

RAMA YANTRA
9 7 12 6 16 2 13 3 5 11 8 10 4 14 1 15

GARAPAL YANTRA

NAVGRAHA YANTRA - the yantra of the nine planets

10 11 6 5 9 13 JUPITER 12 7 8 7 8 3 2 6 10 MOON 9 4 5 8 9 4 3 7 11 MARS 10 5 6

9 10 5

4 8 12

11 6 7

6 7 2

1 5 9 SUN

8 3 4

11 12 7

6 10 14 VENUS

13 8 9

MERCURY

12 13 8

7 11 15 SATURN

14 9 10

13 14 9

8 12 13 RAHU

15 10 11

14 15 10

9 13 17 KETU

16 11 12

Rahu and Ketu are the lunar knots.

SURYA YANTRA
6 7 19 18 25 36 32 11 14 20 29 5 3 27 16 22 10 33 34 28 15 21 9 4 35 8 23 17 26 2 1 30 24 13 12 31

CHANDRA YANTRA
37 6 47 16 57 26 67 36 77 78 38 7 48 17 58 27 68 28 29 79 39 8 49 18 59 19 59 70 30 80 40 9 50 10 60 20 21 71 31 81 41 1 51 11 61 62 22 72 32 73 42 2 52 12 13 63 23 64 33 74 43 3 53 54 14 55 24 65 34 75 44 4 5 46 15 56 25 66 35 76 45

MANGAL YANTRA
11 4 17 10 23 24 12 5 18 6 7 25 13 1 19 20 8 21 14 2 3 16 9 22 15

BUDHA YANTRA
8 49 41 32 40 17 9 64 58 15 23 34 26 47 55 2 59 14 22 35 27 46 54 3 5 52 44 29 37 20 12 61 4 53 45 28 36 21 13 60 62 11 19 38 30 43 51 6 63 10 18 39 31 42 50 7 1 56 48 25 33 24 16 57

BRIHASPATI YANTRA

4 9 5 16

14 7 11 2

15 6 10 3

1 12 8 13

SUKRA YANTRA
22 5 30 13 38 21 46 47 23 6 31 14 39 15 16 48 24 7 32 8 40 41 17 49 25 1 33 9 10 42 18 43 26 2 34 35 11 36 19 44 27 3 4 29 12 37 20 45 28

MAHA LAXMI YANTRA o SARVATADRAM YANTRA

22 14 1 18 10 3 20 7 24 11 9 21 13 5 17 15 2 19 6 23 16 8 25 12 4

OM HRIM SHRIM KAMALALAYE PRASID SHRIM HRIM OM MAHALAXMYE NAMAH

MAHA LAXMI YANTRA KUBERA KOLAM 23 22 27 28 24 20 21 26 25 DHANDA YANTRA

KALI YANTRA

MAHAVIDYAS

1 . Kali

2 . Tara

3 . Shodashi

4. Bhuvaneshvari

5 . Bhairavi

6 . Chinnamasta 7 . Dhumavati

8. Bhagalamukhi

9 . Matangi

10 . Kamala

The Divine Mother is worshipped as ten cosmic personalities, the Dasa-Mahavidya. The Mahavidyas are considered Tantric in nature and are usually identified as: 1. Kali: The ultimate form of Brahman, "Devourer of Time". 2. Tara: The Goddess as Guide and Protector, or Who Saves. Who offers the ultimate knowledge which gives salvation (also known as Neel Saraswati). 3. Shodashi or Lalita Tripurasundari: The Goddess Who is "Beautiful in the Three Worlds"; the "Tantric Parvati" or the "Moksha Mukta".

4. Bhuvaneshvari: The Goddess as World Mother, or whose body is the cosmos. 5. Bhairavi: The Fierce Goddess. 6. Chinnamasta: The self-decapitated Goddess. 7. Dhumavati: The Widow Goddess, or the Goddess of death. 8. Bagalamukhi: The Goddess who paralyzes enemies. 9. Matangi: the Prime Minister of Lalita; the "Tantric Saraswati". 10. Kamala: The Lotus Goddess; the "Tantric Lakshmi".

DURGA YANTRA

MRITYUNJAYA YANTRA

GANESH YANTRA

SARASVATI YANTRA

HSAUH YANTRA

RUDRA BHAIRAVI YANTRA

TARA YANTRA

NAV YONI YANTRA

CHINNAMASTA YANTRA

KALKI YANTRA

BISA YANTRA

SARVAMANOKAMNA YANTRA

ShivaShakti Yantra

Mahashri Yantra

Kali Yantra

Gayatri Yantra

Hanuman Yantra

Swastik Yantra

Raja Ko Prasanne

Sarvalok Mohan

Karane Ka Yantra

Yantra

VASTU YANTRA Vastu Shastra is an ancient doctrine which consists of precepts born to a traditional view of how the laws of nature affect human dwellings. The designs are based on directional alignments. It used to be applied in Hindu architecture, especially for temples, and extends to other areas, including vehicles, boats, furniture, sculpture, paintings, etc. The Vastu Yantra is an indispensable part of Vastu Shastra and constitutes the mathematical basis and schematic for the generation of design. It is themetaphysical plan of a building that incorporates coarse bodies and supernatural forces. It provides the method that determines the requirements of architecture in relation to its directions.

Vastu Yantra according to Mahanirvana Tantra

Vastu Purusha Mandala

KAAL SARP YOG YANTRA Kaal Sarp Yog happen when in a Horoscope, all the seven planets (Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Mercury and Saturn) are placed between Rahu and Ketu Axis (north and south nodes of Moon), Rahu is serpents head and Ketu is dragons tail. This planets combination is considered very evil andharmful for the person. However have Kaal Sarp Yog in the horoscope does not mean that the person will be totally unlucky and devoid of all the joys of life. One of the remedies for this problem is the Kaal Sarp Yog Yantra to establish in your home and worship it regularly.

GAYATRI YANTRA

ASHTANGA YANTRA

Dattatreya Yantras

Yantra in copper

Durga Yantra Guru Yantra Navgraha Yantra Shri Yantra Hanuman Yantra Lakshmi Ganesh Shiva Yantra 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.

The Flower of Life

The Flower of Life is another symbol found in many cultures that use sacred geometry. Ancient representations of this symbol can be found in India, in the Assyrian palaces, Egypt, China, Japan and many other places. Kabbalistic Tree of Life symbol is derived from the diagram of the Flower of Life.

Sacred Geometry
Sacred geometry is used in every culture in the construction and structuring of sacred buildings like temples, mosques, megaliths, monuments, churches and sacred spaces such as altars, sacred fires, as well as the creation of sacred art or objects. Here are some examples: