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LALITA-SAHASRANĀMA
wards and four triangles with their apexes pointing
upwards. The former are indicative of Sakti and the
latter of Siva and are called Siva-yuvatis and Sri-
kanthas respectively. The circle in which these nine
triangles are interlocked is enclosed in two other
concentric circles technically called lotuses. The first
outer circle is a lotus of eight petals, and the second a
lotus of sixteen petals. The circumference of the
second is moreover marked not by one line, but by
four lines close to one another. The whole figure is
then enclosed in a quadrilateral the walls of which
are formed of three parallel lines drawn close to one
another. The quadrilateral is moreover provided with
four openings-one at the centre of each side.
The diagram thus obtained is said to consist of
nine parts technically called chakras. They are-accord-
ing to layakrama, i. e., if we proceed from outside to
the centre as follows:--
(1) The three-lined quadrilateral called Bhūgrha
(2) The sixteen-petalled lotus (sōḍasa-dala-padma)
(3) The eight-petalled lotus (aşta-dala-padma)
(4) The chakra of fourteen triangles (chaturdasara)
(5) The chakra of ten outer triangles (bahir-daśāra)
(6) The chakra of ten inner triangles (antar-dasāra)
(7) The chakra of eight 'triangles (aşta-koņa)
(8) One inner triangle (trikona)
(9) The central point (Bindu)
There are technical names for all these parts and
each part has its own colour. But it is unnecessary
here to go into further details except to state that the
LALITA-SAHASRANĀMA
wards and four triangles with their apexes pointing
upwards. The former are indicative of Sakti and the
latter of Siva and are called Siva-yuvatis and Sri-
kanthas respectively. The circle in which these nine
triangles are interlocked is enclosed in two other
concentric circles technically called lotuses. The first
outer circle is a lotus of eight petals, and the second a
lotus of sixteen petals. The circumference of the
second is moreover marked not by one line, but by
four lines close to one another. The whole figure is
then enclosed in a quadrilateral the walls of which
are formed of three parallel lines drawn close to one
another. The quadrilateral is moreover provided with
four openings-one at the centre of each side.
The diagram thus obtained is said to consist of
nine parts technically called chakras. They are-accord-
ing to layakrama, i. e., if we proceed from outside to
the centre as follows:--
(1) The three-lined quadrilateral called Bhūgrha
(2) The sixteen-petalled lotus (sōḍasa-dala-padma)
(3) The eight-petalled lotus (aşta-dala-padma)
(4) The chakra of fourteen triangles (chaturdasara)
(5) The chakra of ten outer triangles (bahir-daśāra)
(6) The chakra of ten inner triangles (antar-dasāra)
(7) The chakra of eight 'triangles (aşta-koņa)
(8) One inner triangle (trikona)
(9) The central point (Bindu)
There are technical names for all these parts and
each part has its own colour. But it is unnecessary
here to go into further details except to state that the