This Hindu sacred diagram has nine interlocking triangles around a central point. For their corners to meet exactly, the lines must be placed with great precision. Mathematicians have studied how to construct it.
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What it represents
Four upward triangles and five downward ones are often read as masculine and feminine energies uniting.
A focus for meditation
Practitioners gaze from the outer edges inward to the central dot, the bindu.
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- Yantras. Yantras are geometric diagrams used in Hindu and Buddhist practice as tools for focus and devotion.
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How many interlocking triangles form the Sri Yantra?
Nine. Nine triangles surround the central point.
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