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STUDY · PRACTICE · EMBODY

Resources
for practice.

Mantras and yantras we use in our practices at Alchemy Yoga and Meditation Centers. A place to return to the words, sounds, and images we explore together.

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WORDS & SOUND

Mantras

Mantra texts, context, and recordings to support your practice.

FORM & CONTEMPLATION

Yantras

Yantra images with context for the practices we explore at AYMC.

Caṇḍikā yantra in red and gold, with a central downward triangle, intersecting triangles, lotus petals, and four outer gates.

Caṇḍikā

Source

Durgāsaptaśatīmahāyantra of the Smārta ritual tradition, documented by Gudrun Bühnemann in Maṇḍalas and Yantras in the Hindu Traditions (2003), pp. 63–65 and Illustration 4.

An Amṛta Tantra Project artistic adaptation of the collective Caṇḍikā yantra associated with Mahākālī, Mahālakṣmī, and Mahāsarasvatī.

Mantra

Hrīṃ Klīṃ – Śrīṃ – Aiṃ

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Murugan yantra in gold, teal, and blue, with a central triangular lattice, two lotus rings, and four outer gates.

Murugan

Source

Tamil Subramaniyar Entiram (சுப்பிரமணியர் எந்திரம்) plate tradition.

An Amṛta Tantra Project artistic reconstruction of the Tamil Subramaniyar Entiram yantra, presented without inscriptions.

Mantra

Śrūṃ

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Bhuvaneśvarī yantra in cream, red, gold, and deep purple, with intersecting triangles, eight- and sixteen-petalled lotuses, and four outer gates.

Bhuvaneśvarī

Source

Śāradātilaka Tantra, chapter 9, verses 16–42, with the Padārthādarśa commentary.

An Amṛta Tantra Project artistic reconstruction of the Bhuvaneśvarī yantra described in the text and commentary.

Mantra

Hrīṃ

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