yantra
/ˈjantrə
/noun
A geometrical diagram, or any object, used as an aid to meditation in tantric worship.They sit in a circle with a drawing on the ground, of a large circular diagram called Mandala or yantra....
- Therefore forms of Durga are worshipped with their respective yantras.
- Indeed, there are Hindu temples which have in the sanctum sanctorum no image at all but a yantra, a symbolic or mystic diagram.
Origin
Sanskrit, literally 'device for holding or fastening'.
Rhymes
- be (or get) shut of
- be (or go) on the lash
- be (or go) on the piss
- be (or go) on the shicker
- be (or have a) down on
- be (or have something) written all over one (or one's face)
- be (or look) a picture
- be (or make) friends with
- be (or make) so bold (as to do something)
- be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes
- be (or stand) in awe of
- Beothuk
- be out of here (or there)
- be out of (or have gone out with) the ark
- be out on one's ear
- be over
- Beowulf
- be part and parcel of
- be party (or a party) to
- be poles apart
- be pushing up (the) daisies
- be put upon
- bequeath
- bequeathal
- bequeather