Mandala of Eight Gates and Other related terms, basically - also called different things
The number of deities arranged around the cores varies, but may range as high as 414.
Also part of Chinese and Tibetian Tradition
Made with grains of sand. Eventually wiped and passed into rivers
To represent impermanence and essence of the soul
Made by monks with 3 -5 years of training
Examples
Drawing - Step by step
Construction
Initial Construction
Construction Lines
Result
References
Hindu Tradition
Basic type of a mandala
Baghor Stone - Considered one of the first yantra’s
Associated similar Stones:
Basic bindi (Centre point) with shapes radiating outwards like:
squares, triangled, circles. hexagons, symbolic lotus petals
Refs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yantra
Triangles
Downward pointing - Shakti (feminine)
Upward pointing - Shiva (masculine)
Hexagrams
Two equilateral Triangles intertwined - male and female
Lotus
Represents Purity and transcendence
Can have 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 32, 100, 1000 or more petals
Circle
Represent Manifestation
Square
Represent earth and 4 cardinal directions - doorways included
Represent the qualities of nature
White - Purity
Red - Activity
Black - Inertia
Represent an aid to meditation by acting as the deity
Often either directly represent them, or used as ornaments for their worship
Addition Refs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navagraha
https://mapacademy.io/article/mandala/
Golden Ratio
Pi
Fractals
Refs
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/953566921079486738/
https://www.pxfuel.com/en/query?q=+mandala+psychedelic
No matter how far out or how deep in you go, the coast line still looks the same - Self Similarity
Notes
Before Mandelbrot, however, they were regarded as isolated curiosities with unnatural and non-intuitive properties. Mandelbrot brought these objects together for the first time and turned them into essential tools for the long-stalled effort to extend the scope of science to explaining non-smooth, "rough" objects in the real world. His methods of research were both old and new:
The form of geometry I increasingly favored is the oldest, most concrete, and most inclusive, specifically empowered by the eye and helped by the hand and, today, also by the computer ... bringing an element of unity to the worlds of knowing and feeling ... and, unwittingly, as a bonus, for the purpose of creating beauty.[9]: 292
Arthur C Clarke
According to Clarke, "the Mandelbrot set is indeed one of the most astonishing discoveries in the entire history of mathematics. Who could have dreamed that such an incredibly simple equation could have generated images of literally infinite complexity?" Clarke also notes an "odd coincidence":
the name Mandelbrot, and the word "mandala"—for a religious symbol—which I'm sure is a pure coincidence, but indeed the Mandelbrot set does seem to contain an enormous number of mandalas.
References
General: https://www.adobe.com/in/creativecloud/design/discover/mandala-art.html
Psycho-Analysis - Jung: https://jungcurrents.com/carl-jung-ten-quotations-about-mandalas
