The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s9.5

v1.c5.s9.5

The square Vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala, it has been shown, faces the four directions. Its borders are occupied by the 8 regents of the cardinal and of the intermediate points. At the same time this square diagram of the earth, ordered by time, in its extent, coincides in the maṇḍala, with the Ecliptic; in its border are accommodated the planets and the stars, and the movements of sun and moon. The Vāstumaṇḍala is the place of manifestation; it shows the order that rules over it; cyclical time on earth, is occupied in its entire extent, by the Vāstupuruṣa. The Vāstumaṇḍala indeed, is the Vāstupuruṣa. His coming to earth and his identity are described in several versions; in all of them, the whole square field is the Vāstupuruṣa whose body is one with the presence and actions of the 45 Vedic gods, stationed in the Vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala, which is their yantra, the means of realising and the symbol of cosmic order on earth; its centre is the Brahmasthāna, and its superstructure is the temple.