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THE SRI CHAKRA AS A SYMBOL OF THE HUMAN BODY

Sri Chakra is the celebrated Yantra used in the worship of the primordial energy. The Chakra is conceived as a symbol of the human body. Some salient features of this symbolism are discussed in this article. An attempt has also been made to provide a short introduction to the Bhavanopanishad Prayoga...

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Autor principal: Krishnakumar, P.R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1993
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22556608
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spelling pubmed-33365672012-04-27 THE SRI CHAKRA AS A SYMBOL OF THE HUMAN BODY Krishnakumar, P.R. Anc Sci Life Original Article Sri Chakra is the celebrated Yantra used in the worship of the primordial energy. The Chakra is conceived as a symbol of the human body. Some salient features of this symbolism are discussed in this article. An attempt has also been made to provide a short introduction to the Bhavanopanishad Prayogavidhi devised by Bhaskararaya, the doyen of Sri charka worshippers. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1993 /pmc/articles/PMC3336567/ /pubmed/22556608 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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