A magical diagram; any mechanical tool or device.

A magical diagram; any mechanical tool or device.

A diagram used for a variety of ritual purposes. In The Tantra of Black Yamāri, the primary yantra consists of two concentric circles with varying numbers of cells in which mantra syllables and/or the name of the rite’s target are written. The term can also refer more broadly to a tool or device.

A sacred diagram that is drawn or constructed for ritual use. The Sanskrit word is derived from the Sanskrit root √yam, “to control.”

A magical diagram; any mechanical tool or device.

A diagram drawn in tantric rituals.

This term can refer to a magical diagram or any mechanical tool or device (such as a siege weapon). In The Questions of the Householder Vīradatta it is used metaphorically in the latter sense to refer to the human body as a machine.