The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s2.60

v1.c5.s2.60

⁴⁴ Utpala’s commentary, ‘Bṛhat Saṃhitā’, ch. LII, 73 multiplies the interior length and breadth of the building and divides it by 8. The remainder is the Yoni. Similarly, ‘Vāsturājavallabha’, ch. III. 8. In other texts, the height of the temple is taken into account (‘Vaikhānāsāgama’, ch. VI) while the ‘Tantra-Samuccaya’, Part I, ch. 3, considers the perimeter, and the ‘Mānasāra’, ch. IX. 68-74, the breadth of the building. Perimeter or breadth are multiplied by 3; this indicates an area equalling that of a circle with the breadth or the perimeter of the building as its diameter. 3 (instead of √10) is employed in the ‘Mahābhārata’, Bhūmiparva and Bhīṣmaparva, where the circumferences of the planets are stated in numbers which are the 3 fold of the numbers expressing the diameters.