The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s2.9

v1.c5.s2.9

The Ecliptic, the great circle on the apparent sphere of the sky which the sun and the moon seem to traverse, has its symbol in the square Vāstumaṇḍala. The square compass of the directions symbolises at the same time the apparent daily movement of the sun and the apparent monthly and annual movements of the moon and the sun. The former is shown by the lunar mansions, the Nakṣatras, whereas the signs of the Zodiac are not entered in the Vāstumaṇḍala.