Scientific Secrets of Jainism

Author(s): Nandighoshvijay
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad

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Mantra, Yantra And Sound: A Scientific Analysis
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The Sun Yantra
The Moon Yantra
The Mars Yantra
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| 116 Similarly, there are yantras for other planets, too. 27 Besides, there are also other ways of making yantras of fifteen. But each of them gives different success and effects. And it is a subject for research.
Thus various kinds of numerical symbols i.e. yantras have various kinds of mystic energy or powers.
In the Jain Tradition also, both the types of yantras are found. Among yantras related to mantras, there are many kinds of yantras such as sri Siddhacakra Mahāyantra, Sri Rşimandala Yantra, śri Vardhamānavidyā Yantra, śri Sūrimantra Yantra, śri Padmăvati Yantra, Sri Vairāļyādēvi Yantra, śri Ghanțākarņa Mahāvira Yantra, śri Gautamasvāmi Yantra, Śri Labdhipada Yantra, Śri Māņibhadradēva Yantra, etc. Numerical yantras are also found in the Jain tradition. The mostly found yantras of this type are the yantra of one hundred-seventy i.e.Sarvatõbhadra Yantra concern with Śri Tijaypahutta Stotra, the yantra of sixty five concern with twenty-four Tirthankaras, and the yantra of fifteen concern with Navapada etc.
Sometimes it happens that an author or a research scholar who is not familiar with sectarian traditions of mantras and yantras, does not properly understand the yantras, the letters written in the yantras and the methods of the yantras e.g. In the book entitled 'Yantra', the Labdhipada yantra related to the Sūrimantra, is published. There the mantras of the Labdhipadas are
ven in the Prakrit language. Moreover, the letters of each pada are given in the reserve order. e.g. The pada 35 741 fororu (OM namo jiņāņam 1) is written as '1. nam ņā ji mo na OM'. o om 7 3 All these padas are found in the Sūrimantra. Of course, this yantra was drawn at least 200 or 250 years ago. These yantras sometime contain the name of one who invests them with effectiveness or the name of one for whom it is drawn. One finds the name
AMICII (Kalyāṇadāśa) inserted in the above mentioned yantra. On the basis of the name, the whole yantra is named Kalyānacakra ( 15), the wheel of fortune.28 But this is improper.