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Śri Chakra Man with 10 claws, Blacktown Temple, Shivashivashivamanium.Pashupatinath Temple, Nepal, At the roof of Ganga Mai temple (This temple is carved in shape of meru shri yantra).
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Each level corresponds to a mudra, a yogini, and a specific form of the deity Tripura Sundari along with her mantra. "Nine" comes from "Nau or Nava" of Sanskrit.
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The Sri Chakra is also known as the nav chakra because it can also be seen as having nine levels. The various deities residing in the nine layers of the Sri Yantra are described in the Devi Khadgamala Mantra. This is surrounded by a lotus of eight petals, a lotus of sixteen petals, and an earth square resembling a temple with four doors. Together they express Advaita or non-duality. Together the nine triangles are interlaced in such a way as to form 43 smaller triangles in a web symbolic of the entire cosmos or a womb symbolic of creation. In a recent issue of Brahmavidya, the journal of the Adyar Library, Subhash Kak argues that the description of Sri Yantra is identical to the yantra described in the Śvetāśvatara Upanisad. The broken lines of the outer frame denote the figure to be a sanctuary with four openings to the regions of the universe. The triangles are enclosed by two rows of (8 and 16) petals, representing the lotus of creation and reproductive vital force. In the middle is the power point (bindu), visualizing the highest, the invisible, elusive centre from which the entire figure and the cosmos expand. These nine triangles are of various sizes and intersect with one another. Because it is composed of nine triangles, it is known as the Navayoni Chakra. Thus the Sri Yantra also represents the union of Masculine and Feminine Divine. Five isosceles triangles with the apices downward, symbolizing female embodiment Shakti. Four isosceles triangles with the apices upwards, representing Shiva or the Masculine. The worship of the Sri Chakra is central to the Shri Vidya system of Hindu worship. It represents the goddess in her form of Shri Lalita or Tripura Sundari, "the beauty of the three worlds": Bhu Loka (Physical Plane, Consciousness of the Physical Plane), Bhuvar Loka (Antariksha or Intermediate Space, Consciousness of the Prana) and Swar Loka ( Svarga, Heaven, Consciousness of the Divine Mind).