Experiment and see for yourself the multitude of possible configurations that the Sri Yantra can take. Click on the image to go to the interactive page.
Optimal Drawing Method
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The three characteristics of the optimal Sri Yantra
After years of dedicated research and with the help of advanced mathematical software, the Sri Yantra code has finally been deciphered. Read the article to understand why the Sri Yantra is so difficult to draw and learn the three characteristics that will produce the optimal configuration.
The Sri Yantra
The
Sri Yantra also called Sri Chakra is a beautiful and complex sacred geometry used
for worship, devotion and meditation. It has been in use for thousands
of years and it's origin seems unknown.
The central figure is composed of nine interlocking triangles. Every triangle
is connected to the others by common points and this is the reason why it is
so difficult to draw correctly. Changing the size or position of one triangle often require changing the position of many other triangles.
After making a few attempts at drawing this figure it became obvious that it's not as easy as it looks. Given the fact that this is one of the oldest and most recognizable sacred geometry one would assume that a method for drawing this famous figure precisely would be easy to find. Not so. The two most famous methods from Indian origin, shown here and here are very imprecise and/or incomplete. The many modern techniques in existence will lead to a more accurate figure as shown here.
But after looking carefully at the figures produced by these different techniques one realizes that they are all different! Was there an original
geometry that has been distorted with time? Is there a way to find out? These are some of the questions that we will attempt to answer on this site.
Sri Yantra Fast Facts:
The Sri Yantra is a sacred geometry that orginated in India
It is composed of 9 interlocked triangles
It is very difficult to draw without errors at the intersections
There a many variations of the Sri Yantra
There are many different methods to draw it
Nobody seems to know what the original configuration is
There are three main forms of the Sri Yantra: Plane, pyramidal, spherical
The most common form of the Sri Yantra.
The inner nine triangles are drawn with straight lines and are contained
in circles and squares drawn on a flat plane.
This is the rarest and the most difficult
to reproduce. The figure is drawn or sculpted on a dome shape. The
triangles are drawn with curved lines (spherical triangles) making
it very difficult to achieve a precise result.
Madhu Khanna - Yantra:The
tantric symbol of cosmic unity.
Nice pictures of old Sri Yantras, some of them can be found in the picture
galleries.
Philip Rawson - The Art of Tantra.
Nice pictures of old Sri Yantras, some of them can be found in the picture
galleries.
Dan A. Davidson - Shape Power
A treatise on how form converts Universal
aether into electromagnetic and gravitic forces.
Howard Beckman- Mantras, Yantras
& Fabulous Gems
T.A. Gopinatha Rao - Elements of
Hindu Iconography. Vol. I - part II, second edition 1971.
Picture and drawings of a Sri Yantra from the Sringeri Temple.
Dr. P.H. Pott - Yoga and Yantra
The Hague, Nijhoff, 1966. Translated
from the origninal published in 1946.
György Doczi - The Power of
Limits
Proportional harmonies in nature, art,
and architecture. Excellent book on the Golden ratio.
Patrick Flanagan - Pyramid Power: The Millenium Science
Peter Pearce - Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design
This fully-illustrated investigation of the polygon as the basic building block of nature proposes that when it is adapted to environmental structure this form will result in configurations that are naturally space and energy efficient.
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