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some upright and some inverted. The latter only are symbolic
of the yoni, which is here not the yoni of any woman. Here
it is the womb of the Divine Mother of the world Here is
the seat of the secret play of Siva and Sakti as "Moon",
"Fire" and as the "Sun" which is the union of both. The
Divine Energy, whence proceeds the would of Name (Name =
Babda) and forms (Rupa-Artha) (Gu, p.284).
Ajit Mukherjee explained that, organised and
channelled in particular ways, sound energy may produce
or creat particular power or Devata, revealing itself that
sound form. Knowledge of the techniques therefore as
essential as knowledge of the principles. Hence, the
Mantras, or the life-transforming words, to be effective,
must be heard from the mouth of the Guru, the spiritual
preceptor. It was the traditional possession of a few
initiates who guarded it with care, permitting none save
qualified aspirants to have access to it.
Such integrated sound identifies the ensuing
relation of Mantra with Yantra and explains why the Gyatri-
Mantra must possess just its proper sounds, 16 in a single
relation and no others. With them is evoked the correspond -
ing yantra. The first gives formula and equation; the
second, diagram and pattern. What correlates the one system
of relations with the other is Tantra.
The linear yantras are composed of a simple yantras
composed of simple geometrical figures (line, trainglle,