The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s2.29

v1.c5.s2.29

³¹ The above chart shows for each of the four directions, the names of eight lunar mansions, in the first line; the numbers in the second line belong to the mansions in the sequence in which the moon enters them. The third line gives the name of the presiding divinity of each Nakṣatra (star). The chart is drawn up according to Utpala, l.c., and its lacunae are filled from the ‘Taittirīya Saṃhitā’, IV. 4. 10, and the ‘Bṛhatpārāśarahorā’. The names of 27 Nakṣatras are given while the number of entrances or their positions is 32. Certain stars therefore are repeated, Viśākhā appears thrice, and Revatī, Bharaṇī and Aśvinī twice each. The position of the Nakṣatras does not agree with the relative situation of the principal stars, in the ‘Sūrya Siddhānta’. E: Rohiṇī, Āśleṣā, Mūla. S: Bharaṇī, Kṛttikā, Maghā, Revatī. W: Hastā, Dhaniṣṭhā. N: Aśvinī, Mṛgaśiras, Pūrva-Phalguni, Viśākhā, Pūrva-Aṣāḍhā, Uttara-Aṣāḍhā, Pūrva-Bhādrapada, Uttara-Bhādrapada. Middle: Puṣya (Tiṣya), Anurādhā, Jyeṣṭhā, Śravaṇā.