File:Chakravyuha-labyrinth-alternate.svg

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Another version (made from circular arcs and with constant-width paths) of the Hindu or Indian form of labyrinth with a spiral in its center, sometimes associated with the epic Sanskrit terms "Chakravyuha" or "Padmavyuha". See also File:Chakravyuha-labyrinth.svg , etc.

Self-made graphic, converted from the following vector PostScript source code:

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306 396 translate -1.5 1.5 scale 10 setlinewidth
1 setlinecap 1 setlinejoin .25 setgray
0 -67 10 0 360 arc closepath fill 0 setgray
/ang 23.57817 def/x{3 sqrt}def/c2{5 x -5 mul}def
/c3{ang sin 100 mul ang cos -100 mul}def
/c4{ang sin -100 mul ang cos -100 mul}def
c2 10 120 -60 arcn 0 0 20 300 120 arcn
c2 30 120 -60 arcn 0 0 40 300 120 arcn
c2 50 120 -90 ang add arcn
c3 40 90 ang add 270 ang add arc
c2 130 -90 ang add 120 arc
0 0 120 120 270 ang sub arc
c4 20 -90 ang sub 90 ang sub arc
0 0 80 270 ang sub 120 arcn
c2 90 120 ang 90 sub arcn stroke
0 0 100 270 ang sub 120 arcn
c2 110 120 -90 ang add arcn
c3 20 270 ang add 90 ang add arcn
c2 70 -90 ang add 120 arc
0 0 60 120 300 arc stroke
c4 40 90 ang sub 0 arcn stroke showpage
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