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Sri Chakra has rightly been regarded as the `prince among chakras` (charka-raja). It is the best known and most worshipped among hundreds of sacred designs that are prescribed in the traditional lore. Despite this celebrity an air of mystery surrounds this charka. Details concerning Sri-chakra have always been looked upon as precious secrets; but there have always been tracts in Sanskrit seeking to explain the details of the charka, their significance, the way it is contructed and the manner of its worship.
The book gives details of the design itself, the significance of those details, the philosophical framework that renders the details revelant, the prevailing symbolisms and the nature of the source material have been given.
About Author :
Vidyalankara, Sastra-Chudamini, Sangita-Kalaranta, Professor Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao, was a well-known scholar who had combined traditional learning with modern research. Well versed in Sanskrit, Pali, Ardhmagadhi and several modern Indian languages and acquainted with Tibetan and some European languages, he had written extensively on Vedanta, Buddhism, Janism, Indian Culture, Art and Literature.
He had written more than Sixty Books in Kannada, a Play in Sanskrit and a Pali Commentary on a Buddhist classic. One of his books on Iconography in Kannada has won the State Sahitya Academy Award, as also another of his Book on the Tirupati Temple.
Some of the books he had authored are Encyclopaedia of Indian Iconography, Agama Encyclopaedia, Lalita Kosha, Sri Vidya Kosha, Tantric Practices in Sri Vidya, Sri Cakras, Yantra.
Contents :
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Yantra of Sri-Chakra
1. The Composition of Sri-chakra
2. Preparation of Sri-chakra
3. The Nine Enclosures
Chapter 2: The Mantra of Sri-Chakra
1. The Symbolism of Sri-chakra
2. Panchadasi and Shodasi
3. Identity of Yantra and Mantra
Chapter 3: The Tantra of Sri-Chakra
1. Sri-Vidya
2. The Primal Model
3. Kama-Kala
Supplementary Notes ISBN
9788170309000
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