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A diagram built to a construction.
Also known as: Ritual diagram
The geometric diagram of interlocking triangles and enclosures used in Hindu and Tantric practice.
Is used as a focus in Hindu and Tantric ritual and meditative practice.
Contexts: History, Public information
Constructed to a specification rather than drawn freely: the triangles must intersect at defined points, and a well-known example requires a construction that is difficult to complete exactly — the diagram is a geometry problem as much as an image.
Contexts: History, Public information
Its ritual efficacy is a claim of the traditions that use it and is recorded as their claim.
Contexts: History, Public information
Interlocking upward and downward triangles enclosed within concentric circles, lotus petals and a square outer boundary with four gates.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.