HowtoDrawtheSriYantra

Asyouhaveprobablyfoundoutalreadythereareagreatnumberofmethodsoutthere
todrawtheSriYantra.Mostofthemareverypoorandwillproduceafigurewith
mistakesatmanyofthetripleintersections.Youshouldknowthat,atleastintheoryit
isnotpossibletodrawaperfectSriYantra.Thereisalwayssomelittlemistakeevenif
itcan'tbeseenonthedrawing.
Thismethodensuresthattherewillbemistakesatonlytwoofthenodes,whichis
theminimumamountofmistakespossiblewhendrawingthisfigure.Thismethodwill
notnecessarilyproduceanoptimalSriYantra.ForamethodtodrawtheoptimalSri
Yantrapleasegohere.Thegoalofthispageistoshowthepropersequenceinwhich
thelinesshouldbedrawn.
TheSriYantrageometryhasfivedegreesoffreedom.Inotherwordsyouwillhaveto
decideontheplacementoffivelinestoconstructthefigure.
Theamountofmistakeintheresultingfigurewilldependonwhereyouhavelocated
thesefivelines.Iftheresultingfigurehasabigerror(twoextraneoustriangles)you
willhavetogobackandchangethelocationofsomeofthelinesandstartover.
IfyouwanttoexperimentwiththeSriYantrawithoughavingtodrawittrythe
interactiveSriYantra.

ThegreenlinesarethekeylinesthatdefinetheSriYantra.Theyarenotunique,inthe
sensethatotherlinescouldbeselected.Buttherewillalwaysbe5specificpointsto
definetheSriYantra.Thisissimilartoanequationwithfivevariablesorfivedegrees
offreedom..Youneedtochoosevalues(positions)forthesefivevariablesto
completelydefineit'sshape.Bychoosingdifferentpositionsfortheselinesyouwillend
upwithdifferentSriYantraconfigurations.

Thegreencirclesshowsthepointsthatareusedtodrawthenewlines.Theother
pointisusuallywherethebaseofatrianglemeetstheverticalaxis.Newreference
pointsarecreatedeverytimeanewlineisdrawn.

Line5isthelastlinethatisneededtofinishtheSriYantra.Thereisnorealobviouswayto
knowwhereitshouldgootherthanbytrialanderror.Ofcoursethiscanbeprogrammedand
calculatedbutthisisbeyoundthepurposeofthispage.Inthisexamplethe5thandlastlineis
veryclosetoit'sidealpositionsotheerrorinthefinalfigureisverysmall.Ifitisdrawn
higherorlowertheerrorwillincreaseproportionally.Wewillshowlaterwheretheerror
showsup.

Hereiswheretheerrorshowsup(indicatedbythetworedcircles).Inthiscasetheerroris
smallandhardtoseeinadrawingofthissize.Seecaptionoftheright.Usingathickerline
isacommonwaytodisguisetheerrors.Thethickerthelinethemoredifficulttoseethe
error.Iftheerroristoobigthenweneedtogobacktostep6andchangethepositionofline
5.Afterredrawingyouwillseeiftheerrorisbiggerorsmaller.Abiggererrorindicatesthat
youneedtomovethelineintheoppositedirection.

Thelaststepistodrawthebindupoint.Tofindthecenterofthesmallestinner
trianglewedrawacircleinsidethetriangleandlocatethebinduatthecenterof
thatcircle.

ThiscompletesthedrawingofthecenterpartoftheSriYantra.Notshowhere
aretheotherscircleswithpetalsandtheoutersquareenclosure.

DrawingMethodfortheOptimalSriYantra

Breakthrough
TheOptimalSriYantraistheresultofmanyyearsofreseachandmathematicalinvestigation.Untilnowit
couldonlybegeneratedwithacomputer.Nowahanddrawnmethodhasfinallybeenfound.Formore
informationreadSolvingtheSriYantra.Thismethodwillallowyoutodrawapreciseandperfectly
centeredOptimalSriYantraofanysizewithonlyaprotractor,arulerandapen.Thepdffilecontains49
illustrationsforaneasystepbystepapproach(seesamplesabove).Alsoincludesallthestepsnecessary
todrawtheouterenclosure(Bhupura).Seesampledrawingshere.
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