The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s6.2

v1.c5.s6.2

The identification of the ‘body’ of the Vāstupuruṣa which has expansiveness but no tangible volume—with the plan of the Vāstumaṇḍala is an accomplished fact, in the Purāṇas and in Vāstuśāstra. The maṇḍala or yantra on the one hand, the subtle body of man on the other, have each their own place in the Indian methods of concentration and realisation. The maṇḍala, in addition, is replete with magical efficacy, while the subtle body of man is the place of realisation by the practice of the discipline of Yoga. The Vāstumaṇḍala as tabular presentation of the hierarchy of ordered existence is complete without the image of the Vāstupuruṣa. The Paramaśāyika plan, however, neatly identifies the Vāstumaṇḍala and the Vāstupuruṣa.⁸⁰