The Book of SriYantra

INAC, 2022

The Concept & Percept of the Sri Yantra

Strategic Analysis, 2015

Jos Boven, 2018

The SRI YANTRA/SHRI CHAKRA represents an attempt in the form of a Mandala to describe/depict the whole creation as it appears to us, with all its hidden (not visible) meanings and permutations.

INAC, 2022

Tracing the Antecedents of the Sri Chakra YANTRA

INAC, 2023

Artchitecture of the Sri YANTRA Temple BOOK

Puṣpikā; tracing Ancient India through texts and traditions, vol.1 IIGRS

Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, 2021

TheŚrī Yantra (orŚrī Cakra) is a sacred diagram of Tantric Hinduism. Its study stimulated a vast effort of specialists from different fields. In mathematics, its construction sets an elementary and nontrivial problem. In this note, we work out a straightedge and compass method for constructing concurrent models ofŚrī Yantras. The question is equivalent to the circle-line-point problem of Apollonious. Résumé. Leśrīyantra (ouśrīcakra) est un diagramme sacré dans les traditions hindoues tantriques. Il a fait l'objet de nombreuses études dans différentes disciplines. En mathématiques, sa construction pose un problème élémentaire et non trivial. Dans cette note, on fournit une méthode de construction à la règle et au compas. La question est équivalente à celle d'un problème d'Apollonius qui consiste à trouver un cercle tangent à un cercle donné, à une droite donnée et passant par un point donné.

Cracow Indological Studies, 2014

The term yantra is used differently in early Śaiva tantras from what we see later. In early texts, its range of meaning is wider, and it does not inevitably and typically involve objects with geometric patterns. After examining some passages from the Brahmayāmala and other mainly unpublished and/or untranslated Śaiva texts, this article makes an attempt at outlining the early history of the term. Initially, yantra seems to refer to special techniques, rituals, to attain religious goals. Later it appears to denote complex rituals of black magic involving fire-offerings with transgressive substances, using objects such as figurines embodying the targeted person, and employing mantra-inscribed materials such as birch-bark. The commonly known usage of the term yantra as a magical diagram with geometrical designs seems to have emerged only gradually.

This is part two of a trilogy discussing Tantra, Yantra and Mantra written for "Rishi Culture Yoga" magazine, February 2013. I am indebted to the Editor, Jennifer Dany Aube, for arranging the illustrations I have used and doing such a fine job of designing the layout. I am also indebted to my friend, Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, and Yogacharini Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani for their continued encouragement. This paper is a quick sketch of geometrical patterns as Tantric power diagrams and amulets, with some suggested cross-correlation features within Western culture. Jonn Mumford February 20, 2018

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2015

Digitial copies of this work may be made and distributed provided no chargeis made and no alteration ismade to the content. Reproduction in any other format with the exception of a single copy for private study requires the written permission of the author.