The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s2.34

v1.c5.s2.34

The regents of the planets and of the stars rule over the destinies of men. The particular lunar mansions and lunar days have their presiding gods. They are the powers which rule over the Nakṣatras and over the actions of men and their results on these days, the good or evil which they shall bring to man. The house and the life of the builder or donor, are connected and their fate is determined by the stars. The connection of man, his work and the cosmos, in the cycles of time is verified in the Vāstumaṇḍala of which the entire extent is covered by the one and only Vāstupuruṣa whose legend is told in many versions and whose body is occupied by 45 Vedic gods. It is this complete Vāstupuruṣa congruous to his magic diagram, which forms the basis of Indian architecture. Its square is symbolical of all cyclical time, the day, the month, the year and the wider cycles marked by the recurrence of eclipses.