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Background

Jain yantras are used as meditation aids and are formed of complex diagrams that combine all or some of the following:

Yantras are either paintings on paper or cloth or metal objects. Very few of this type have survived. They are generally used by mendicants and are associated with rituals relating to their promotion in the religious hierarchy.

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