Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.99

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Samarāṅgaṇa’s chapter on Yantra is remarkable, not only for its treatment, but also for the help it gives, in formulating some opinion about this branch of knowledge. It hints at the unbroken tradition of the Yantra-ghaṭanā—a traditional skill (cf. 31.87) and remarks that the traditional training of this art is a matter not of record, but of oral transmission from generation to generation through the unbroken chain of the masters and the disciples. Moreover, like the spiritual Yantras, these Yantras should also be kept secret and unfolded only to the real Jijñāsu, otherwise they do not bear fruition (31.79-80).