The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s2.35

v1.c5.s2.35

The 32 gods of the outer border, surround, and have their centre in Brahmā. Along with Brahmā, their number is 33, the number of the gods in the Āpri hymns of the Ṛg Veda. In addition to these 33 gods, 12 more gods are stationed in the square, magic diagram of the Vāstumaṇḍala; they correspond to the 12 Ādityas, the sons of Aditi. Either of these series of gods are the Lords of a completed cycle of eclipses; at the end of an eclipse cycle the motions of the sun and moon are adjusted.³² Dhātar, the Creator, sets sun and moon in the same position as before (RV. X. 190. 1-3), and the time world goes on.³³