Discuss the effects-both visual and emotional-of the symmetry of the Tibetan Thirteen-Deity Jnanadakini Mandala, or of another religious work that employs formal symmetry. 

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Response should address the use of geometry, the repetition, the placement of figures and forms to discuss formal effects, and the meanings behind the use of symmetry, the cosmic order, and the religious symbolism to discuss emotional effects.

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