The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s7.3

v1.c5.s7.3

The archetypal measure (māna) of the line (sūtra) is known as Prāṇa, immanent Breath or Energy (pneuma).⁸⁸ By it is measured the width of the outline of one square in an 'ardha-kṣetra' (half field) of 360 squares ('Kāmikāgama', XVIII. 8). This half field of 360 units is part of a wider extent. The whole field has 720 units (8 × 9 × 10); or, if 360 is multipled by 72, or 9 × 8, which are the side lengths of the two types of the Vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala, the number 25920 results which is the number of years in the period of the precession of the equinoxes. From Ayodhyā, the impregnable stronghold (pur) of the gods, with its 8 Cakras and 9 doors, the whole field of 720 days and nights of the year is extended which is one of the units of cyclical time in the Vāstumaṇḍala.