The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s3.t2.12

v1.c5.s3.t2.12

Time in its course, beginning, enduring, passing in cyclical continuity, is the vary-coloured zone of creation—duration—destruction affixed to the banner of Indra. The circle of time, in the hierarchy of form comes after the square and is enclosed in it in the Vāstumaṇḍala. Both these symbols are ornaments of Dharma, the Order of things in the cosmos and the world of man. This is exemplified with regard to Sacerdotium and Regnum, spiritual and temporal power. The golden handle of the fly-whisk and sunshade is square for priests, Brāhmaṇas, and circular for kings (‘Agnipurāṇa’, ch. CCXLV. 2).⁵³