MANDALAYANTRAKOLAM

Sacred hindu architectureHindu geometry

MANDALA

Mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning "circle." In the Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions their sacred art often takes a mandala form. The basic form of most Hindu and Buddhist mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Each gate is in the shape of a T. Mandalas often exhibit radial balance.

MANDALA

Mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the COSMOS metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective.

MANDALA

CENTER, AWAKEN, ENLIGHTMENT

SURROUNDING CENTER

MANDA - LA

MANDALAa place where one awakes

one doesn’t only stride to be freebut to eventually be a part of

a great nature or cosmos

everyone is mandala

MANDALA

YANTRA

A Yantra is a form of mandala, and there are two types of Yantra:

- A pictorial Yantra, which is a symbolic diagram, usually used to assist meditation

- Magic Square, or numerological Yantras.

YANTRA

Yantra is the Sanskrit word for "instrument" or "machine". Much like the word "instrument" itself, it can stand for symbols, processes, automata, machinery or anything that has structure and organization, depending on context.

Geometric element meanings:

Circle = Energy of the element waterSquare = Energy of the element earthUpward-facing Triangle = Energy of the element fire; energyDownward-facing Triangle = Energy of the element water; knowledgeDiagonal line = Energy of the element airHorizontal line = Energy of the element waterVertical line = Energy of the element firePoint = Energy of the element ether

YANTRA

YANTRA

numbers in all rows, all columns,and both diagonals sum to the same constant

MAGIC SQUARE

KOLAM

Kolam is a form of painting that is drawn using rice powder. A Kolam is a geometrical line drawing composed of curved loops, drawn around a grid pattern of dots.

Kolams are thought to bestow prosperity to homes. Every morning in southern India, millions of women draw kolams on the ground with white rice powder. Through the day, the drawings get walked on, rained out, or blown around in the wind; new ones are made the next day.

KOLAM