The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s7.13

v1.c5.s7.13

The connections of the Vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala and the buildings to be set up on it are manifold. They comprise the position of temples sacred to distinct divinities;⁹³ of definite buildings in definite parts of the maṇḍala and the position of the images at their definite places. In addition to these iconographic considerations, the slight deviation of doors, pillars, etc. from a uniform and mechanical symmetry contributes, as in the forms of life, towards a fuller consonance, of the proportions of the architecture. The living breath of Vāstupuruṣa would thus be seen to permeate the total structure.