The Hindu Temple v1.c5.8
The Hindu Temple v1.c5.8
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v1.c5.8
The Vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala is the plan of all architectural form of the Hindus. The site-plan, the ground-plan, the horizontal and vertical sections are regulated by its norm. Originally and in practice the site-plan is laid out according to the Vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala; and the ‘general form of the temple’ (sāmānya prāsāda; Part VII) given in the earlier texts, rests on the Vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala.