“yantra”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

yantra

释义

yantra|ˈjæntrə|
[a. Skr. yantra device or mechanism for holding or fastening, f. yam to hold, support.]
A geometrical diagram used as an aid to meditation in tantric worship; any object used similarly.
1877M. Williams Hinduism ix. 129 As to the Yantras these are mystical diagrams—generally combinations of triangular figures.1928E. B. Havell Indian Sculptures & Painting (ed. 2) ii. 16 To this day yantras, or geometric symbols, are used in higher Brahmanical ritual in preference to images of the Hindu pantheon.1946H. Zimmer in J. Campbell Myths & Symbols in Indian Art iv. 141 In Hindu devotional tradition, ‘yantra’ is the general term for instruments of worship, namely, idols, pictures, or geometrical diagrams.1980Dædalus Spring 123 The mouse child uses the image as a yantra to meditate on nothing and infinity.1982N.Y. Times 7 Nov. xxi. 35/2 An ecstatic state..would be achieved..by contemplation of the mandalas and yantras, abstract diagrams of cosmic forces.

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