LEXICON · TANTRA
Śrī Cakra
श्री चक्र
/SHREE CHAH-krah/Tantra
The Śrī Cakra (also Śrī Yantra) — the supreme yantra of the Śākta tradition. Nine interlocking triangles (four upward, five downward) encoded in a lotus-and-gate framework, representing the entire process of creation, preservation, and dissolution. Each of its nine circuits (āvaraṇa) corresponds to a specific band of experience.
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Śrī Cakra is one coordinate in the Lexicon — the KALKI reference system mapping tantrik psychology term by term. Each definition is cross-linked to the practices and patterns it describes.