South Asia · c. 300 BCE – today
Yantras & mantra plates
What it is
Geometric diagrams of deities, such as the Sri Yantra’s nine interlocking triangles, drawn on paper or birch bark or engraved on copper, silver or gold plates, and worn rolled in amulet cases.Making yours
Engrave or etch a copper plate 3–15 cm square. Draw the geometry with a compass: bhupura square gates, lotus petals and interlocking triangles.
A charm of unusual form, representing a "Yantra", carved and polished rock crystal, Nepal, early 19th centuryNepal · early 19th century
Mystical Diagram (Yantra)Rajasthan · 19th century
circular, inscription in Sanskrit; Religion, copper, incised, Rajasthan, C1919th century
Purushkara Yantra, Rajasthan, 18th century18 th century date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Charm (chakra) , representing "Sri Yantra", carved rock-crystal, possibly Nepal, early 19th centuryNepal · early 19th century
square, star inscription; Religion, copper, incised, Rajasthan, C1919th century
Siam Society - Bangkok - 2017-07-25 (086)
Yantra, Nepal, 18th-19th centuryNepal · 18th century -19th century
plateau slightly convex, inscriptions; Religion, copper, engraved, India
Yantra meditation plaque, India, 1801-1900
Yantra, Nepal, 18th-19th centuryNepal · 18th century -19th century
Plateau, slightly convex, inscriptions; Religion, copper, engraved, India
Dharani-Sutra-Quilt -Red- Buddhist -Blanket
Yantra, Nepal, 18th-19th centuryNepal · 18th century-19th century
Jain Yantra plates in Silver or Brass 2
Yantra, Nepal, 18th-19th centuryNepal · 18th century-19th century
Sri Yantra copper2
Yantra Painting
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Every type in the gallery
Anything in the gallery can be made, by hand, in the prescribed metal or yours and, where the tradition names an hour, at that hour or with a plain note that it was not. Numbered. Price on commission, quoted first. I reply within one business day.