The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2338 page)

(Skt.). In Hinduism, especially
Tantrism
, the best known sacred diagram (
yantra
) charged with power. It commonly comprises nine intersecting triangles, five ‘female’ triangles representing
akti
pointing downwards and four ‘male’ triangles pointing upwards representing
iva
, though in some forms the order is reversed.
Within the
r
Kula tradition of Tantrism, the
r
Yantra is the visual equivalent of the
r
Vidy
, a
mantra
of fifteen syllables. Each syllable represents a goddess who is located within the
r
Yantra.

 
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