The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s2.47

v1.c5.s2.47

All the cyclical numbers in Hindu cosmology are essentially based on the period of the precession of the equinoxes. They are exact fractions of the number 25920.³⁹ It is for this reason that the Vāstumaṇḍala of the temple, the square diagram of Existence, of time measurable in space, has two main alternative dispositions as far as it is the metaphysical and cosmological plan of the temple. It is laid out in 64 or else in 81 squares; either number is a sub-multiple of 25920 which is 64 × 81 × 5. 5 is the number of a Saṃvatsara, a cycle of 5 lunar-solar years.