The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s2.23

v1.c5.s2.23

Agni, amongst the gods, is assigned the SE; Agni, amongst the presiding divinities of the stars, is assigned the NE. The latter position he holds in the Vāstumaṇḍala of the ‘Bṛhat Saṃhitā’ as Padadevatā (Fig. on p. 32). The former position however is assigned to him in most of the later texts, where Īśāna rules over the North-East.³⁰ From this it appears that the star gods form the one, and presumably the more ancient, series in the border of the Vāstumaṇḍala; the Padadevatās are but loosely connected with the stars and their special significance is given in detail in the ‘Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra’ of the early eleventh century (Part III).