The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s2.58

v1.c5.s2.58

If the remainder is 1, then the Yoni is Dhvaja, and the building faces East, if the remainder is 2, the Yoni is the SE, and so forth. If there is no remainder the building would have to face North-East. This is to be avoided by all means; it would be of evil portent were the building to face any of the corners of the square⁴³; similarly also the remainder should not be 2, 4, or 6, it must be uneven, so that the entrance of the building faces the East, preferably, or also the West, and less readily the North and still permissibly, the South. The remainder is found in different texts by taking account of various measures of the building to be set up. The perimeter for instance is multiplied by 3 and divided by 8. The remainder is that of the Yoni; should there be no remainder, the perimeter and proportions of the intended structure have to be altered.⁴⁴ Death, destruction and varied ills result from a wrong orientation. If the building were to obstruct the course and order of the cosmos it would provoke disorder in the kingdom, and in the body of the builder. Yoni is an architectural formula; the remainder, gained through it, assures the fitness of the structure in the order of things and the well-being of the builder and his surroundings.⁴⁵ The remainder, particularly, is however, the Vāstu itself.